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2021
Peru
Review: “Las Mejores Familias” Uses Dark Comedy to Explore Peruvian Social Issues
By
Kieran Davey
South Korea
Review: Netflix’s “D.P.” Offers Stirring Take on Hazing and Desertion in South Korea’s Army
By
Anthony Kao
Hong Kong
Review: “Time” Laments Aging in an Uneven Bag of Comedy, Action, and Drama
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
China
Review: “Wuhan Wuhan” Paints Humanistic Picture of Everyday Residents and Medical Workers at Start of COVID-19 Pandemic
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: “All U Need is Love” is an Insipid and Vaguely Authoritarian Hong Kong COVID Comedy
By
Brian Hioe
Japan
Review: In “Office Royale”, Japan’s Office Ladies Fight…to Preserve Patriarchy
By
Anthony Kao
Japan
Review: “Under the Open Sky” Poignantly Depicts a Former Yakuza’s Societal Re-Entry
By
Anthony Kao
South Korea
Review: “Escape from Mogadishu” Views North-South Korea Relations Through a Pragmatic Lens
By
Anthony Kao
South Korea
Review: “The Book of Fish” Brings A Small Joseon-era Fishing Village to Life
By
Brenda Chang
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Film “The Way We Keep Dancing” Chooses Not To Sell Out
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
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