‘The Wedding Banquet’ is Less Like a Feast and More Like a Cosy Potluck
Ang Lee’s seminal 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet gets a millennial-era refresh in the 2025 reimagining by Andrew Ahn.
REVIEWS
‘The Gangster’s Daughter’ Avoids Tropes and a Committed Direction
Mei-Juin Chen chooses to float in tepid middle ground that’s too tame for its own good.
Riar Rizaldi’s Cryptic Indonesian Docufiction ‘Monisme’ Is a Fascinating Avant-Garde Take on the Conceptual Film
A cinematic meditation that avoids straying too far into the experimental or essayistic.
‘Exhuma’ Unearths More Than Bones
Jang Jae-hyun’s 'Exhuma' unearths more than a haunted grave—it digs into the roots of Korean history and the uneasy truce between superstition and reality.
‘Queerpanorama’ Asserts Beauty in Gay Hook-Up Culture
Jun Li’s Queerpanorama turns its lens on the very beauty of gay hook-up culture, asking: is a connection less honest if you lay bare your...
‘Asian Persuasion’ Isn’t Persuasive Enough
While the film has its moments, its uneven execution makes it difficult to fully embrace it.
‘Can I Get a Witness?’ Makes an Amateur Case Against the Anthropocene
'Can I Get A Witness?' has an instantly intriguing premise, but it fails to fulfill its potential as a fun bit of speculative fiction.
‘Mickey 17’ Has Bong Joon Ho Written All Over It
Far from his strongest work, but any amount of Bong Joon Ho is still a big win for cinema.
Television’s Old Guard: Beware of the ‘Deli Boys’
A wild and hilarious ride rooted in authenticity and a love of cinema.
‘The Last of the Sea Women’ Explores a Life Measured by the Tide
The strength of 'The Last of the Sea Women' is in its ability to hold space for contradictions.
