'No Other Choice,' 'A Useful Ghost' lead Asia’s Oscar submissions

South Korea's tense thriller “No Other Choice,” Thailand's surreal “A Useful Ghost” and Taiwan's “Left-Handed Girl” headline ...
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Movies: SF South Asia film fest, ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,' ‘Good Boy,' ‘Plainclothes,' ‘Noche Oscura'

Cinema from South Asia, plus scary new releases - starring an ever-relevant George Orwell and a phenomenal dog - are ...
Detroit Free Press

12 films, short docs explore Asian identity, heritage at Freep Film Fest

In its second year as part of Freep Film Festival, the Asian American Pacific Islander Film Series has grown in the number of films presented and depth of experiences they share, resulting in a ...
Variety

Takumi Kitamura Leads the Seven’s First Feature Film ‘Baka’s Identity’

Japanese production company The Seven is making its theatrical debut with crime thriller “Baka’s Identity” (A Fool’s Identity), set to release in Japan on Oct. 24. The film reunites “Yu Yu Hakusho” ...
NPR

'Interior Chinatown' is a genre-bending exploration of Asian-American identity

The super-meta Hulu series Interior Chinatown mashes up a whole bunch of genres — including kung fu movies and police procedurals — to explore Asian-American identity in interesting ways. Jimmy O.
Yahoo

Asia’s Movie Theaters Get Innovative to Fill Seats: Dog-Friendly Cinemas, ‘Little Mermaid’ Cosplay and Critic-Hosted Screenings

With movie ticket sales still lagging behind pre-pandemic highs, multiplex operators across Asia have begun deploying unconventional strategies to generate excitement and attract people back to the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Asian Film Awards: South Korea’s ‘Exhuma’ Leads Nominations, Sammo Hung Named Jury President

The Hong Kong throwback action epic 'Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,' directed by Soi Cheang and co-starring Sammo Hung, was the second-most feted film with nine nominations. By Patrick Brzeski ...