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Review: Black Comedy “Manchurian Tiger” Paints Absurdist Picture of Working-class Life in Northern China
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Life for Sale” Offers a Stylized and Complex Exploration of Mortality
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Sports Biopic “Zero to Hero” is Safe, Unlike its Trailblazing Subject
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
Taiwan
Review: Taiwan’s “The Funeral” Tries Mixing Family With Thrills and Horror
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Neo-noir “Limbo” Is Dark in More Ways Than One
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
China
Review: “Before Next Spring” Humanizes the Lives of Chinese Students in Japan
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Demigod: The Legend Begins” Breathes New Life Into Taiwanese Puppetry
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Biopic “Anita” Merely Strives for Mediocrity
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
China
Review: Chinese Animation “I Am What I Am” Tells A Working-Class Lion Dance Story
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: Taiwanese Horror Movie “Incantation” Offers Familiar Shocks, But Not Innovation
By
Brian Hioe
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