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FILM REVIEWS

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Jason Momoa shines in A Minecraft Movie

 

Abdullah Saeed’s "Deli Boys" brings laughter and chaos to the screen

 

A gripping deep-sea rescue mission in Last Breath with Simu Liu, Woody Harrelson

 

Universal Language needs to be seen to be believed

 

Steven Soderbergh’s eerie haunted house drama Presence packs a punch

 

The Colors Within is a gentle stunner

 

Moana 2 sails to a record $221 million opening over Thanksgiving weekend

 

"Interior Chinatown": Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters

 

Visually stunning, emotionally powerful, The Wild Robot is everything

 

At 83, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki earns historic Oscar for The Boy and the Heron

 

In Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the Titans are the stars

 

A beloved fantasy franchise is revived with Netflix’s live-action "Avatar: The Last Airbender"

 

A village in Bhutan learns about democracy and teaches us, too, in Monk and the Gun

 

An Iranian woman and her daughter flee abuse in moving indie Shayda

 

Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days is sublime

 

FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel Shogun

 

The anime hit Suzume and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm

 

Jo Koy’s Easter Sunday puts Filipinos front and center

 

Global success of RRR signals breakthrough for Tollywood

 

Turning Red introduces viewers to 13-year-old Meilin Lee

 

Wuhan, I Am Here: Film follows volunteers in sealed city

 

Godzilla vs. Kong: A heavyweight bout with a light touch

 

Raya and the Last Dragon features vocal talents of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina

 

Dwayne Johnson’s "surreal" look back in TV’s "Young Rock"

 

Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom film

 

Mr. Tornado tells the story of prominent researcher Ted Fujita

Mr. Tornado

 

Five-part Asian Americans documentary traces epic story spanning 150 years

Asian Americans

 

Center for Asian American Media presents free "Heritage at Home" events

 

Abominable brings in $20.9 million during its opening weekend

 

In Asian-led Always Be My Maybe, ethnicity is secondary

Humble Pacific island movie star Mungau Dain dies in mid-20s

 

Computer-screen thriller Searching transcends its gimmick

Crazy Rich Asians draws immigrant parents to the movies

28-year-old becomes 17 again in Zhang Mo’s directorial debut

Disney’s Moana highlights Polynesian culture

Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar

Film’s dark vision of future Hong Kong unsettles Beijing

 Davis Guggenheim transformed by making Malala documentary

Made in Japan Godzilla is back after Hollywood hit

 

Disney pens love letter to Japan with robot film

‘Transformers’ tries for delicate U.S.-China balance

Godzilla

Pacific Heartbeat film anthology honors heritage of Pacific Islanders

To Be Takei

Cecilia Chiang: The root of Chinese food in the U.S.

Korean War film gets first screening in six decades

Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words

Directed by Yunah Hong 

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings

Directed by Tadashi Nakamura

Our Homeland

Directed by Yong-hi Yang

Bully

By Lee Hirsch

Myanmar comedy shows struggle for national image

You Don’t Know Jack details the life of groundbreaking actor and singer Jack Soo

You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

U.S. documentary pries lid off isolated Myanmar 

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Directed by David Gelb

The Island President

Directed by Jon Shenk

Hospitalité

Directed by Koji Fukada

The Learning

Directed by Ramona Diaz

Soul of Sand

Directed by Sidharth Srinivasan

Enemies of the People

Directed and produced by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath 

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Born to be Wild

Directed by David Lickley
Produced by Drew Fellman

Kung Fu Panda 2

Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson 

Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula

Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary

Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter

Directed by David Petersen

Bhutto

Directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O’Hara

 

Made in India

Produced and directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha

Mutant Girls Squad

Directed by Tak Sakaguchi, Noboru Iguchi, and Yoshihiro Nishimura

 

The Housemaid

Directed by Sang-soo Im