Reviews

From film festivals to new releases, find the latest reviews from contemporary East and Southeast Asian cinema here, written by the Filmed in Ether team.

TIFF 2018 Review: Ash is Purest White

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 12, 2018

Jia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White is at once a gangster drama, a romantic epic and a commentary on the state of 21st century China....

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KOFFIA 2018 Review: Midnight Runners

Hayley InchSeptember 4, 2018

Screen heartthrobs Kang Ha-nuel and Park Seo-joon team up to take down an organ harvesting ring in South Korean buddy cop action comedy Midnight Runners....

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Review: The Witness

Hieu ChauSeptember 3, 2018

After seeing a murder, a paranoid salaryman fears he might be the next to go in Jo Kyoo-jung's crime thriller, The Witness. ...

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KOFFIA 2018 Review: Microhabitat

Brooke HeinzAugust 29, 2018

Female-driven indie drama Microhabitat is a socially conscious feature about a young woman's struggle to keep up in modern-day Korea....

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KOFFIA 2018 Review: Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

Matthew RookeAugust 21, 2018

Director Jung Bum-sik uses his eerie setting and cast of unknown actors to maximum effect in new found footage horror, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum....

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MIFF 2018 Review: On Happiness Road

Hayley InchAugust 7, 2018

Sung Hsin-yin's debut film is at once a love letter to animation and a stunningly realised portrayal of the Taiwanese female experience....

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