MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
The Outsider
Indian director Anshul Chauhan’s fourth Japanese film, Tiger, crosses as many borders as you’d expect.
Life Support
It’s not legendarily MIA like Sons of the Neon Night, but Vital Signs has been a long time coming.
In the Distance
César Augusto Acevedo contemplates the legacy of war and its impact on humanity in Horizon.
Boys and Girls
Chihiro Amano’s Sato and Sato is absolutely not a workplace drama about a law firm.
World Apart
Tetsuya Nakashima is finally back behind the camera. The Brightest Sun was worth the wait.
Hong Kong in Film: 2024
Let’s turn our attention to the good, the bad, and the baffling in Hong Kong cinema in 2024.
The Upside of Repression
Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada might be the Spielberg and Lucas of South America. Without spaceships.
Who Wants Ice Cream?
Tetsuya Chihara proves the spiritual link between design and filmmaking in Ice Cream Fever.
Time for Love
Taiwanese director Leading Li goes back in time for his LGBTQ genre mash-up, The Time of Huan Nan.
‘Devil’ in the Details
Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala want you to be uncomfortable.
Desert Cool
Director Francis Galluppi proves that yes, you can play in someone else’s sandbox in The Last Stop in Yuma County.
Balancing Act
Key an eye open for Indera, possibly your last chance to see Woo Ming-jin do horror.
Muscling In
Hundreds of Beavers writer-star Ryland Tews proves you don’t need an epic budget to make an epic film.
Radical Compassion
Sho Miyake is following in the footsteps of Ozu and making us embrace the little moments in life.
Not Just Sport
Zar Amir Ebrahimi is still taking the Iranian state to task, this time in a classic sports drama, Tatami.
Still Walking
Tsai Ming-liang still has Lee Kang-sheng walking, this time in Washington DC for Abiding Nowhere.
‘Well’ Wishes
Hong Kong director Ray Yeung probes the legality and morality of same-sex partner inheritance rigths in All Shall Be Well.
Pining for More
Indian director Onir is tired. Tired of telling SWM how to behave, but Pine Cone proves he’s not tired of romance.