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‘Good News’ review: Byun Sung-hyun turns 1970 hijacking into satirical Netflix thriller
Sul Kyung-gu stars in the ‘Kill Boksoon’ director’s kinetic dramatisation of the hijacking of Japanese Airlines Flight 351
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‘The Ugly’ review: A murder mystery links past and present in Yeon Sang-ho’s calibrated thriller
‘Train To Busan’ director’s Toronto premiere stars Park Jeong-min as a man searching for his mother’s killer
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‘The Sun Rises On Us All’ review: Estranged lovers reunite in Cai Shanjun’s slow-burn drama
The Chinese director explores themes of guilt and betrayal in his Venice competition title
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‘Girl’ review: Actress Shu Qi’s 1980s-set directorial debut explores childhood trauma
The Taiwanese star also writes this bleakly beautiful but muddled drama which plays in Venice Competition
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‘Lost Land’ review: Two young siblings from Myanmar journey alone in search of a better life
Well-intentioned Venice Horizons title from Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimoto is first-ever Rohingya-language feature
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‘Hijra’ review: Family bonds are tested when a teenage girl vanishes in accomplished Saudi drama
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s story centres on a grandmother and granddaughter in search of their missing relative
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‘Secret Of A Mountain Serpent’ review: Lyrical exploration of female desire set in the Himalayan foothills
Indian director Nidhi Saxena draws on folklore for her atmospheric sophomore film
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’North South Man Woman’ review: North Korean women seek South Korean husbands in illuminating documentary
Morten Traavik and Sun Kim’s clear-eyed film follows the highs and lows of love across the cultural divide
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‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ review: Bombastic new instalment of hit Japanese manga series
Haruo Sotozaki’s adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga novels should please fans and newcomers alike
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‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ review: Locarno Golden Leopard winner is poetic drama from Japan’s Sho Miyake
A Korean writer searches for creative and romantic fulfilment in Japan
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‘The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin’ review: Indonesian chiller filters possession narrative through Muslim mythology
Hadrah Daeng Ratu’s culturally specific shocker is her fourth collaboration with writer Lele Laila
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‘The Woman’ review: South Korean filmmaker Hwang Wook delivers ponderous psychological thriller
Follow up to director’s Fantasia 2024 prizewinner ’Mash Ville’ is overstuffed murder mystery
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‘Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy’ review: Ahn Hyo-seop heads adaptation of South Korean web comic sensation
Kim Byung-woo’s uneven creature feature also stars K-pop singers Nana and Jisoo
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‘Sand City’ review: Two disparate lives are linked by sand in lyrical Bangladeshi feature
Dhaka-set drama is debut feature of short filmmaker Mahde Hasan
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‘Hi-Five’ review: ‘Burning’ star Yoo Ah-in joins strong cast for South Korean superhero movie
Director Kang Hyoung-chul’s fantasy adventure sees ordinary Koreans develop superpowers after organ transplants
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’ChaO’ review: Anarchic Japanese anime imagines a fantastical near-future Shanghai
Animator Yasuhiro Aoki makes his debut with this energetic tale of human-merpeople relationships
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‘Behind The Shadows’ review: Louis Koo plays a hardbitten PI in Kuala Lumpur-set detective thriller
The first Malaysian production from Koo’s expanding One Cool Group
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‘Love On Trial’ review: Koji Fukada’s drama reveals the dark side of the J-pop phenomenon
A female singer faces a lawsuit for having a boyfriend in this underpowered Cannes Premiere
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‘Homebound’ review: Neeraj Ghaywan’s empathetic Indian drama is backed by EP Martin Scorsese
Story of two friends attempting to escape their marginalised roots could be an Un Certain Regard breakout
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‘Girl On Edge’ review: Friendship turns to rivalry in Chinese figure skating drama
Director Zhou Jinghao’s debut bows in Directors Fortnight