South Korean coming-of-age comedy Twenty features Korean stars Kim Woo-bin, Kang Ha-neul and 2PM's Junho and tackles the growing pains of young adults....
Featuring a haunting lead performance from Chun Woo-hee, indie Korean drama Han Gong-ju is essential viewing and heralds the arrival of director Lee Su-jin....
After an eight year absence from filmmaking, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien returns with a supremely lavish take on the wuxia genre in The Assassin....
Jia Zhangke's, Mountains May Depart, is a multi-generational epic and an allegorical tale of capitalism in China and the future it brings to the country....
Director Peter Chan returns to cinema screens with Dearest, a Chinese-language drama that takes aim at child abduction in China and its ugly ramifications....
A hit-and-run accident is only the start of Ko Gung-sun's problems as a string of unfortunate events set him up for a wild ride in South Korea's A Hard Day....
Based on a 10th century Japanese fable, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is one of Studio Ghibli's final films and is a ravishingly artistic marvel. ...
Lilting is a deeply sensitive and humanist film about coping with loss and the difficulties in communication within relationships. Directed by Hong Khaou....
Deeply affecting Japanese film, Leaving on the 15th Spring, is a simple and modest coming-of-age drama about a young girl's final year on her home island. ...
Natalie's writing focuses on women filmmakers, queer cinema and costume design. Her writing has been featured in The Big Issue and Meld Magazine and she has worked with the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival. She currently works at the Asian Film Archive in Singapore and has overseen the exhibition of Retrospective: Edward Yang.
