A priest struggles to practise what he preaches in Antonio Lam’s moral drama.
Tag: 2024
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Pat Boonnitipat’s film shows that a though a mother’s love might be unconditional, you really have to work for your grandmother’s.
Montages of Modern Motherhood
Oliver Chan delivers the clouds but very few silver linings in her grim portrayal of real-world motherhood.
The Prosecutor
A jaded cop-turned-lawyer finds the legal system difficult to navigate in Donnie Yen’s sophomore directorial effort.
Tape
Accountability. guilt and acceptance are all put under the microscope in Bizhan Tong and Selena Lee's tense adaptation.
Ot
Radik Eshimov’s triptych of terror posits three very different reasons for a terrible blaze.
Deal at the Border
No good deed goes unpunished in Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi’s thriller.
A Summer’s End Poem
It’s a new year, new you in Lam Can-zhao’s slice-of-life short.
An Unfinished Film
A movies lingers in production hell as the world falls apart, in Lou Ye’s docu-fiction drama.
Cloud
An ethically dubious reseller has serious buyer’s remorse in Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s thriller.
My Oni Girl
A boy learns to express himself in the most convoluted way possible, in Tomotaka Shibayama’s cutesy fantasy drama.
Do You See What I See
Corpse Bride and that one subplot from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice come together to make a film that you can't even listen to on your commute.
The Asian Cinema Critic 