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3/5
Waltzing with Brando (2024) Lauren Hayataka Zane captures that restlessness with uncanny precision.
Posted Sep 22, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Jericho Tadeo With a tender hand, Little Amélie tackles darker topics as well, unafraid to delve into death, loss, trauma, and even distrust.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Lucky Lu (2025) Paul Emmanuel Enicola For viewers who respond to character-first cinema about the costs of making a life in a city that constantly recalibrates who belongs, [Lucky Lu] is worth your time.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hamlet (2025) Rose Ho [Riz Ahmed] provides a compelling performance as the anguished young prince, but the director relies too heavily on his star and forgets to build up a believably corrupt and complex world around him.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Magellan (2025) Paul Emmanuel Enicola A hypnotic, uncompromising vision with a shorter runtime and more approachable than Diaz’s eight-hour epics, yet no less resonant.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Renoir (2025) Paul Emmanuel Enicola Hayakawa’s coming-of-age leaves behind something subtler: the impression of a summer where life and death pressed against each other, and a girl who tried to make space for both.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Vice Is Broke (2024) Lauren Hayataka At its best, 'Vice Is Broke' shows the contradiction at Vice’s core. For all its swagger about counterculture, Vice was built on something almost embarrassingly ordinary: the desire to belong.
Posted Aug 28, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Freakier Friday (2025) Rachel Ho Nisha Ganatra doesn’t reinvent the freaky wheel, but Freakier Friday gives fans of the original movie the nostalgia Gen X and millennials crave, while being enough Gen Z to bring in a new audience.
Posted Aug 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Stranger Eyes (2024) Paul Emmanuel Enicola Stranger Eyes grips audiences in that low-grade dread kind of way, the kind of menace you don’t feel until it settles into your chest. But then Yeo does something strange, almost counterintuitive: he downshifts.
Posted Aug 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Viet and Nam (2024) Jericho Tadeo One of the most under-sung and unique cinematic experiences.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
The Last of the Sea Women (2024) Jericho Tadeo The collection of women Kim focuses on are some of the most inspiring people I’ve seen on the screen this year [2024].
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Aavesham (2024) Rajiv Prajapati Amidst magnetic performances, laughter riots, and fun action sequences, 'Aavesham' changes colours many times, unveiling a touching exploration of male vulnerability.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Shayda (2023) Alisha Mughal A love letter to mothers everywhere who fight for the opportunity to thrive alongside their children.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
May December (2023) Jericho Tadeo It’s Charles Melton’s breakthrough performance that will be talked about for years to come.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Joy Ride (2023) Karen K. Tran The film doesn’t hold back when it comes to the jokes, but when it’s tender, it’s truly touching.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Bye Bye Tiberias (2023) Alisha Mughal Iintimate and artful in equal measure.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Riceboy Sleeps (2022) Rachel Ho Leaves a lasting impression on its audience.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Joyland (2022) Alisha Mughal One of those gems that, depending on where you are in your life, delivers a different message after every watch.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Rose Ho An endlessly creative, goofy, and ultimately heartfelt film.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
After Yang (2021) Rose Ho Meditatively paced with achingly beautiful visuals
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Night (2020) Alisha Mughal The film brilliantly illustrates anger and horror’s ability to compound exponentially within relationships.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Golden Delicious (2022) Alisha Mughal The patience of this film is its masterwork.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Chungking Express (1994) Rose Ho An intimate and poetic ode to youth.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
My Small Land (2022) Rose Ho A quiet indictment of the ways that the systems have failed vulnerable refugees and their families.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Leonor Will Never Die (2022) Alisha Mughal Endlessly watchable for the giddy joy it takes in parody
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Riceboy Sleeps (2022) Rose Ho The film is anchored by the quiet yet powerful performance by Choi as the model-minority-myth-busting So-young.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Noise (2022) Rachel Ho The themes presented in 'Noise' are far greater in theory than in execution.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Bad Axe (2022) Calvin Law By following the Siev family through the troubled lockdowns, 'Bad Axe' utilizes the power of observation in watching them work tirelessly for their community.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Stay the Night (2022) Rose Ho Bang and Scarpellino are instantly charming.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Infernal Affairs (2002) Rose Ho A brilliant example of the thriller genre.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Children of the Mist (2021) Rose Ho A shocking revelation of stolen childhoods, unhappy family dynamics, and combative sexual politics.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
And Still I Sing (2022) Alisha Mughal Mighty, weighty, important, and unmissable.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Rose Ho Come for the food porn; stay for the outrageous rom-com twists
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Where Is the Lie? (2023) Rose Ho A compelling and revealing look into real-life online drama and the ongoing struggle of trans people in the Philippines.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Kamli (2022) Rose Ho A fabulistic examination of women pushed to bizarre and harmful behaviours by the restrictive society around them.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Harvest (2025) Calvin Law The film excels most at its eruptions of the frayed family bonds, where it moves into its most deeply specific moments.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
One True Loves (2023) Rose Ho There’s an attempt from Liu to come off as charming, but, not unlike his Twitter feed, it just ends up feeling cringe-worthy.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022) Rose Ho Although there is definite chemistry between James and Latif, the dynamics set up between their characters do not serve the themes of the movie quite so well.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Liquor Store Dreams (2022) Calvin Law [The film] understands that healing is a long-term process and thus doesn’t offer clear-cut resolutions, but rather the potential of such.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Shortcomings (2023) Rose Ho This film is not afraid to pull its punches.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
City of Wind (2023) Calvin Law So dynamic is [Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir's] visual storytelling that it can help one overlook some of the rougher patches.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Sidonie In Japan (2023) Calvin Law At once enjoyable and inspiring in the way its protagonist finds a new lease on life in the most unexpected of ways.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Tatami (2023) Calvin Law While 'Tatami' does indulge in the occasional sports film cliché, the unapologetic way in which the film makes these women’s rage and fight back makes the film raw, fresh and essential viewing.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Shadow of Fire (2023) Calvin Law A well-crafted film with a potent message.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (2023) Calvin Law The film’s power lies in something so simple yet so extraordinary: watching a master at his craft perform for us one last time.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Dear Jassi (2023) Rose Ho With a tender romance at its core, 'Dear Jassi' is anchored by the warm, sweet, and naturalistic performances of its star-crossed leads.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Ru (2023) Rose Ho An exquisitely beautiful film to watch and experience.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Cobweb (2023) Calvin Law An enjoyable showcase of virtuoso filmmaking that just about carries its scattered ideas to a satisfying finish.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Perfect Days (2023) Calvin Law Yakusho gives the performance of a lifetime that deservedly earned him the Cannes Film Award for Best Actor.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Terrestrial Verses (2023) Rose Ho A powerful message.
Posted Aug 02, 2025  Edit critic review
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