Soi Cheang balances grandiose action with strong characters in his surprisingly entertaining action adaptation.
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Elegies
Ann Hui shows that poetry is alive and as fascinating as ever in her calm, thoughtful documentary.
Three Widows Against the World
Three widows somehow manage to get nine tickets to a sold out gig in Hyrul Anuar overly silly comedy
Unico: Saving Our Fragile Earth
Unico once again risks life and limb for people he has no attachment to in this strange, fun short
City Hunter
Yuichi Sato never lets physics or storytelling get in the way of a good time.
Kitty the Killer
Lee Thongkham’s assassin action film isn’t a bad origin story – but to what exactly?
Asog
Asog’s strong themes and loud main character make it as entertaining as it is unsubtle.
The Missing
An animator – either the director or his character – has a lot to say, but not always the means to when trauma rears its ugly head.
A Song Sung Blue
A Song Sung Blue might be summer lovin’, but damn if it won’t tell you more.
The Chaser
The chase is on, more or less, in Na Hong-jin’s thriller.
Inu-Oh
Music gives new life to the deceased in Masaaki Yuasa’s tribute to history, performance arts and hair metal.
The Night Comes For Us
Indonesia does what it does best, but this time ratchets up the gore to 11.