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‘Abel’: Busan Review
Dir/scr: Elzat Eskendir. Kazakhstan. 2024. 120mins
It’s 1993 and the Soviet Union has simply collapsed, resulting in aftershocks a good distance from the seat of...
‘The Land Of Morning Calm’: Busan Review
Dir/scr: Park Ri-woong. South Korea. 2024. 114mins
The very best laid plans not often work out as anticipated in The Land Of Morning Calm. The...
‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’: Busan Review
Dir/scr: Oliver Siu Kuen-chan. Hong Kong/China. 2024. 112mins
The second movie by Oliver Siu Kuen-chan, written after the beginning of her personal first little one,...
‘Crocodile Tears’: London Review
Dir/scr: Tumpal Tampubolon. Indonesia/France/Singapore/Germany. 2024. 98mins
Mom all the time is aware of finest in Crocodile Tears. Tumpal Tampubolon’s low-key debut function charts the unhealthy...
‘Yen And Ai-Lee’: Busan Review
Dir/scr: Tom Lin Shu-yu. Taiwan. 2024. 108mins
A mom and daughter wrestle to heal their relationship after a tough previous in Taiwanese filmmaker Tom Lin Shu-yu’s poignant...
‘Spirit World’: Busan Review
Dir: Eric Khoo. Japan/France/Singapore. 2024. 94 minutes
Is there life after loss of life? Are all of us destined for a greater world past the...
‘The Wolves Always Come At Night’: London Review
Dir. Gabrielle Brady. Australia/Mongolia/Germany. 2024. 96 minutes
What's a herder with out his animals? This query of identification permeates Gabrielle Brady’s docudrama The Wolves At...
‘11 Rebels’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Shiraishi Kazuya. Japan. 2024. 155 minutes.
A unapologetically old-school Samurai motion rampage, 11 Rebels takes place in opposition to the backdrop of Japan’s Boshin...
‘Daughter’s Daughter’: Tokyo Review
Dir/scr: Huang Xi. Taiwan. 2024. 126mins
Sixty four-year-old Taiwanese divorcee Jin (Sylvia Chang) has an advanced relationship with motherhood; she’s sceptical and barely disapproving when...
‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Dong Zijian. China. 2024. 111mins
The dying of a father opens a door to the previous on this brooding drama from actor-turned-director Dong Zijian,...