Jiseok
Doi BoyLiving in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Sorn occupies the lowest rungs of every social hierarchy ? belonging to the Shan ethnic group, having an undocumented immigrant status, and...
A Window on Asian Cinema
In FlamesMedical student Mariam is unhappy about her family’s situation: her grandfather’s death leaves her family saddled with debt and having to accept financial help from her sleazy uncl...
Wide Angle
RepublicIn a tiny, six-square-meter room, a young Chinese man named Eryang envisions a republic of his own. A self-proclaimed communist whom others consider an idealist, Eryang is a prepos...
A Window on Asian Cinema
SalliHui-Jun, a chicken farmer from a rural village in Taiwan, lives with her soon-to-be-married younger brother and her teenage niece, Xin-Ru. When her relatives claim that she, being ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Beyond the FogA father, son, daughter-in-law, and grandson operate an inn in a desolate, rural town that once had a movie theater and many tourists but has fallen into decay. The son wants to se...
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Fallen LeavesReturning from retirement, Aki Kaurismaki continues his proletarian trilogy Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1989) in his ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Ali TopanAli Topan is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet fairy tale. Ali is a young boy living in the Blok M community running music events. His life is mostly in the streets. Although he...
Korean Cinema Today
FAQDong-chun is a tired elementary school student who has been shuttled from one school to the next with enthusiasm by her mother, but finds that she does not perform well at any of t...
Special Screening
Ryuichi Sakamoto|OpusOn March 28, 2023, world-renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away. He continued to produce numerous works despite battling cancer for years, and orchestrated the final concer...
A Window on Asian Cinema
JoramJoram opens with idyllic images of Dasru and Vaano living happily in Jharkhand, Eastern India, but soon cuts to the same couple, five years later, barely surviving as constr...