All articles by Elizabeth Kerr
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Reviews‘Kung Fu Soccer’ review: Stephen Chow’s Chinese box-office hit is poor imitation of his early classics
Follow-up to ’Kung Fu Hustle’ and ’Shaolin Soccer’ begins its international roll-out
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Reviews‘Village Of Eight Gravestones’ review: ‘Ju-on: The Grudge’ director Takashi Shimizu deftly adapts the 1940s Japanese detective novel
Matsuya Onoe stars as Japanese gumshoe Kosuke Kinaichi in this Fantasia premiere
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Reviews‘Someone Special’ review: A therapist gets dangerously close to her patient in mangled Thai genre mash-up
The debut feature from Petong Sakulchai and Ariel Feng premieres at New York Asian Film Festival
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Reviews‘Samurai Vengeance’ review: Tasuku Emoto stars in Takashi Minamoto’s entertaining spin on the Japanese period drama
Ken Watanabe also stars in Minamoto’s adaptation of Sayako Nagai’s prizewinning novel
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Reviews‘Dear You’ review: Chinese box office hit is sentimental, culturally-specific Teochew family drama
Lan Hongchun’s feature now rolls out internationally after becoming second biggest film of the year in China
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Reviews‘9 Temples To Heaven’ review: A poignant family road trip across contemporary Thailand produced by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title balances ritual, memory and familial tensions with a light touch
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Reviews‘All The Lovers In The Night’ review: Yukino Kishii and Tadanobu Asano star in challenging, insightful Japanese drama
Yukiko Sode follows ‘Aristocrats’ with low-key Cannes Un Certain Regard title
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Reviews‘Cold War 1994’ review: Third in Hong Kong crime thriller franchise is astute and entertaining
Stars Chow Yun-fat, Daniel Wu and Terrance Lau are joined by Hugh Bonneville and Aidan Gillen for director Longman Leung
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Reviews‘Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava’ review: Vietnam’s Nông Nhật Quang puts his family under the microscope
The film premieres at Visions du Reel before heading to Hot Docs
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Reviews‘Sinsin And The Mouse’ review: Verbose, meandering two-hander sees strangers connect in Taipei
Yukinori Makabe’s Glasgow Film Festival premiere is adapted from a short story by Banana Yoshimoto
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Reviews‘A New Dawn’ review: Slight Japanese debut pairs delicate 2D animation with story of resistance
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s Berlin Competition title is set in a legendary fireworks factory scheduled for destruction
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Reviews‘Levitating’ review: Global singing star Anggun impresses in ambitious, lyrical Indonesian drama
Wregas Bhanuteja’s third feature premieres in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic competition
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Reviews‘Early Days’ review: Elegant Mumbai-set debut explores intrusive impact of social media
Red Sea New Visions title is a strong calling card for writer/director Priyankar Patra
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Reviews‘Under Current’ review: ‘Infernal Affairs’ co-director Alan Mak serves up flat Hong Kong actioner
Aaron Kwok, Simon Yam and Francis Ng star in entertaining but silly crime thriller
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Reviews‘Nighttime Sounds’ review: Confident, lyrical drama focuses on marginalised women in rural China
Zhang Zongchen’s follow-up to ‘The Last Farewell’ now plays in Red Sea competition
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Reviews‘Tere Ishk Mein’ review: Tamil star Dhanush stars in glossy, engaging Bollywood love story
Aanand L Rai’s feature debuts at IFFI Goa alongside a day and date rollout across various territories
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Reviews‘Gondhal’ review: An Indian wedding party turns sour in polished Marathi-language debut
Santosh Davakhar’s impressive first feature premieres in Goa competition
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Reviews‘White Snow’ review: Deceptively powerful Kashmiri drama celebrates freedom of expression
Praveen Morchhale’s fifth feature is based on a real incident and makes its debut in Goa’s Indian Panorama
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Reviews‘Vanya’ review: An elderly man fights forced relocation in timely, uneven Indian drama
The latest from Badiger Devendra features a strong central performance from Vaijanath Biradar
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Reviews‘Whispers Of The Mountains’ review: Balanced drama explores cost of mining in northwest India
Jigar Nagda’s quietly agitating feature premieres in Goa and revolves around a mute pre-teen boy