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All articles by Elizabeth Kerr
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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
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Reviews‘Shape Of Momo’ review: Stirring, authentic drama sees a woman return to her Indian home village
Tribeny Rai’s impressive debut is both culturally specific and universally recognisable
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Reviews‘Night Flower’ review: A Japanese woman is pushed to the limit in Eiji Uchida’s gritty Tokyo drama
Uchida’s latest feature premieres at Tokyo film festival before opening in Japan at the end of November
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Reviews‘Morte Cucina’ review: A female chef serves up revenge in ambitious, enigmatic Thai thriller
Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s latest has its Asian premiere in Tokyo competition
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Reviews‘Halo’ review: Gruelling South Korean debut leans into the grind of the gig economy
A delivery driver is pushed to his limit in Roh Young-hwan’s debut feature
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Reviews‘We Are The Fruits Of The Forest’ review: Compelling Rithy Panh doc follows Cambodia’s Indigenous Bunong people
The documentarian’s latest film was shot over four years and premieres in Tokyo competition
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Reviews‘Mothertongue’ review: Zhang Lu explores Chinese language and identity in meditative drama
The Korean-Chinese director’s follow-up to his Busan-winning ‘Gloaming In Luomu’ features the same cast and crew
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Reviews‘Mother Bhumi’ review: Fan Bingbing impresses in atmospheric, overstuffed 90s-set Malaysian drama
Director Chong Keat-aun’s Tokyo premiere is an uneasy blend of political commentary and supernatural mysticism
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Reviews‘Blonde’ review: A Japanese teacher faces a student rebellion in messy yet entertaining satire
Yuichiro Sakashita’s Tokyo premiere features a strong performance from singer-dancer Takanori Iwata
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Reviews‘Climbing For Life’ review: Sayuri Yoshinaga lifts flat biopic of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei
Junji Sakamoto’s Tokyo opener turns a pioneering life into a traditional melodrama
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Reviews‘Kokuho’ review: Lee Sang-il’s propulsive, lavish drama is a window into the Japanese art of kabuki theatre
Ken Wanatabe, Ryusei Yokohama and Soya Kurokawa star in Japan’s Oscar submission, which closes Bangkok
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Reviews‘Tharae: The Exorcist’ review: Thai horror blends familiar possession narrative with religious folklore
Taweewat Wantha’s gory thriller sees an ancient demon terrorise a Catholic village
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Reviews‘Spying Stars’ review: Vimukthi Jayasundara meditates on grief in lyrical Sri Lankan sci-fi drama
A scientist returning from space to bury her father encounters a dystopic world in Busan Competition title