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Berlin International Film Festival (2020)

Cannes Film Festival (2024)

Sundance Film Festival (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Toronto International Film Festival (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Venice International Film Festival (2022)

In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

2024

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

The Asian Cut | May 30, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

When the Light Breaks (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 29, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

All We Imaging as Light (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 29, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

Wild Diamond (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 24, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

The Girl with the Needle (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 24, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

Black Dog (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 24, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

Ghost Trail (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 24, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

Megalopolis (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 23, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 22, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

The Second Act (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 22, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Film Inquiry | May 21, 2024 (reviewed at Cannes 2024)

I Did It My Way (2024)

The Asian Cut | May 2, 2024

Reality (2023)

Film Inquiry | March 20, 2024

The Movie Emperor (2023)

Film Inquiry | February 29, 2024

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

Film Inquiry | February 21, 2024

2023

100 Yards (2023)

The Asian Cut | October 4, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Dream Scenario (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 19, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Hit Man (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 19, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Yellow Bus (2023)

The Asian Cut | September 17, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 14, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

The Critic (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 14, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Les Indésirables (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 13, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Perfect Days (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 13, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Songs of Earth (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 12, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

Dumb Money (2023)

Film Inquiry | September 12, 2023 (reviewed at TIFF 2023)

I Like Movies (2022)

Film Inquiry | August 18, 2023

Marguerite's Theorem (2023)

Film Inquiry | July 11, 2023 (reviewed at Cannes 2023)

All to Play (2023)

Film Inquiry | July 11, 2023 (reviewed at Cannes 2023)

Polite Society (2023)

The Asian Cut | February 10, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

A Little Prayer (2023)

Film Inquiry | February 1, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)

Film Inquiry | February 1, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Jamojaya (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 26, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Shortcomings (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 26, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Radical (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 25, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Theater Camp (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 25, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Fair Play (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 25, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

Magazine Dreams (2023)

Film Inquiry | January 25, 2023 (reviewed at Sundance 2023)

2022

The Menu (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 19, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Bros (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 19, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

The Wonder (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 16, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

My Policeman (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 16, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Aftersun (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 15, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Causeway (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 15, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Victim (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 13, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

North of Normal (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 13, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Brother (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 12, 2022 (reviewed at TIFF 2022)

Bones and All (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 8, 2022 (reviewed at Venice 2022)

Banu (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 7, 2022 (reviewed at Venice 2022)

Princess (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 7, 2022 (reviewed at Venice 2022)

TÁR (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 7, 2022 (reviewed at Venice 2022)

White Noise (2022)

Film Inquiry | September 6, 2022 (reviewed at Venice 2022)

Blue Island (2022)

VCinema | June 5, 2022 (reviewed at CAAMFest 2022)

Girl Picture (2022)

Film Inquiry | February 1, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

Happening (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 1, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

Alice (2022)

Film Inquiry | January 30, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

Dual (2022)

Film Inquiry | January 30, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

God's Country (2022)

Film Inquiry | January 29, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

The Worst Person in the World (2021)

Film Inquiry | January 26, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

Fresh (2022)

Film Inquiry | January 26, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

The Princess (2022)

Film Inquiry | January 25, 2022 (reviewed at Sundance 2022)

2021

Scarborough (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 28, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Dune (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 16, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)

easternKicks | September 17, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 16, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Spencer (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 16, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Kicking Blood (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 15, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

All My Puny Sorrows (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 15, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 14, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Terrorizers (2021)

easternKicks | September 13, 2021 (reviewed at TIFF 2021)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

easternKicks | September 7, 2021

Raging Fire (2021)

Film Inquiry | September 3, 2021 (reviewed at Fantasia 2021)

All U Need is Love (2021)

VCinema | August 22, 2021 (reviewed at NYAFF 2021)

Time (2021)

VCinema | August 17, 2021 (reviewed at NYAFF 2021)

My Sassy Girl (2001)

Film Inquiry | August 5, 2021

Drifting (2021)

VCinema | July 12, 2021 (reviewed at CVF 2021)

Undercover Punch & Gun (2019)

VCinema | June 12, 2021

Pleasure (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 9, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

Mass (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 8, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

In the Same Breath (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 5, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

Land (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 4, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

Marvelous and the Black Hole (2020)

Film Inquiry | February 4, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

First Date (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 3, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

R#J (2021)

Film Inquiry | February 3, 2021 (reviewed at Sundance 2021)

2020

My Prince Edward (2019)

Film Inquiry | December 2, 2020

The Paper Tigers (2020)

Film Inquiry | October 19, 2020 (reviewed at Fantasia Film Festival 2020)

True Mothers (2020)

easternKicks | October 12, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

76 Days (2020)

easternKicks | October 7, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

Get the Hell Out (2020)

easternKicks | October 2, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

180° Rule (2020)

Film Inquiry | September 21, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

Shadow In The Cloud (2020)

Film Inquiry | September 21, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

Beans (2020)

Film Inquiry | September 18, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

Violation (2020)

Film Inquiry | September 18, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

Under the Open Sky (2020)

easternKicks | September 18, 2020 (reviewed at TIFF 2020)

A Mermaid in Paris (2020)

Film Inquiry | September 3, 2020 (reviewed at Fantasia Film Festival 2020)

Yankee (2020)

Film Inquiry | August 28, 2020 (reviewed at Fantasia Film Festival 2020)

Clapboard Jungle (2020)

Film Inquiry | August 25, 2020 (reviewed at Fantasia Film Festival 2020)

Shanghai Triad (1995)

VCinema | August 4, 2020

Wet Season (2019)

Film Inquiry | July 16, 2020

The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords (2019)

Film Inquiry | July 10, 2020 (reviewed at Far East Film Festival 2020)

Chasing Dream (2019)

Film Inquiry | July 8, 2020 (reviewed at Far East Film Festival 2020)

Throw Down (2004)

easternKicks | June 10, 2020

Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)

easternKicks | May 29, 2020

Suk Suk (2019)

Film Inquiry | May 20, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Death of Nintendo (2020)

Film Inquiry | May 19, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)

easternKicks | May 5, 2020

Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000)

easternKicks | April 8, 2020

Undine (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 17, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

The Intruder / El Prófugo (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 17, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Schwesterlein / My Little Sister (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 16, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 16, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Ordinary Justice / Pallazzo Di Giustizia (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 6, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Pari (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 6, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

The Roads Not Taken (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 5, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Rizi / Days (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 4, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (2020)

Film Inquiry | March 3, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

The Assistant (2019)

Film Inquiry | February 28, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

First Cow (2019)

Film Inquiry | February 27, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Enter the Fat Dragon (Hong Kong, 2020)

VCinema | February 26, 2020

Anne at 13,000 ft (2020)

Film Inquiry | February 25, 2020 (reviewed at Berlinale 2020)

Possessor (2020)

Film Inquiry | February 21, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Be Water (2020)

Film Inquiry | February 21, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Be Water (2020)

easternKicks | February 4, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

Film Inquiry | February 4, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Minari (2020)

easternKicks | February 3, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Miss Americana (2020)

Film Inquiry | January 27, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Jumbo (2020)

That Shelf | January 26, 2020 (reviewed at Sundance 2020)

Let It Snow (2019)

Film Inquiry | January 16, 2020

Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)

Film Inquiry | January 14, 2020

2019

American Son (2019)

Film Inquiry | November 19, 2019

The Last Stitch (2019)

VCinema | November 16, 2019 (reviewed at Reel Asian 2019)

Parasite (2019)

Film Inquiry | October 11, 2019

My Zoe (2019)

Film Inquiry | October 10, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Blood Quantum (2019)

Film Inquiry | October 4, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Robbery (2018)

throwdown815 | October 3, 2019

The First King (2019)

throwdown815 | September 24, 2019

Monos (2019)

throwdown815 | September 24, 2019

Kung Fu League (2018)

easternKicks | September 23, 2019

No.7 Cherry Lane (2019)

VCinema | September 17, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Saturday Fiction (2019)

VCinema | September 16, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Freaks (2018)

throwdown815 | September 15, 2019

Red Fields (2019)

throwdown815 | September 13, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Gundala (2019)

VCinema | September 13, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

First Love (2019)

VCinema | September 12, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Wet Season (2019)

throwdown815 | September 12, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

1982 (2019)

throwdown815 | September 9, 2019 (reviewed at TIFF 2019)

Furie (2019)

VCinema | July 9, 2019 (reviewed at NYAFF 2019)

2018

The Third Wife (2018)

VCinema | October 6, 2018 (reviewed at VIFF 2018)

Missing Johnny (2017)

VCinema | July 6, 2018 (reviewed at NYAFF 2018)

Alifu, the Prince/ss (2017)

VCinema | May 4, 2018 (reviewed at CVF 2018)

Paradox / SPL 3 (2017)

VCinema | April 17, 2018

2017

The Gangster's Daughter (2016)

VCinema | July 5, 2017 (reviewed at NYAFF 2017)

Love on a Diet (2001)

VCinema | January 23, 2017