The sands do not shift in Pengfei Shen and Ji Lin’s understated documentary.
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Valley of the Shadow of Death (2024)
A priest struggles to practise what he preaches in Antonio Lam’s moral drama.
The Draft!
Fictional characters discover agency and get a life of their own in Yusron Fuadi’s self-aware horror comedy.
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.
Face Off
A man really struggles to sell a diamond in Ly Hai’s first of countless Face Off films.
Detective Chinatown 1900
Chen Sicheng’s nationalist mystery comedy brings more of what we love about the Detective China series.
Drifting Petals
Clara Law’s modern, urban ghost story is as haunting as it is bafflingly poetic.
Farewell, China
Clara Law explores what we must leave behind in order to push ahead in her psychological mystery-drama Farewell China.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
A young woman takes on altogether too many responsibilities after losing everything, in Mari Okada’s touching fantasy drama.
Deal at the Border
No good deed goes unpunished in Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi’s thriller.
Demon City
Revenge is a dish best served a decade too late in Seiji Tanaka’s so-so thriller.
Hope
A family suffers when their son goes missing in Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s tense mystery thriller.
The Asian Cinema Critic 