‘Hoppers’ pulls the rug out from under its Japanese American hero From director Daniel Chong, Pixar’s latest is conceptually imaginative, but politically and dramatically timid
‘Mouse’ is a devastating coming-of-age drama steeped in grief Despite its malformed approach to time, place, and race, the Berlin Film Festival premiere is a masterstroke of American indie filmmaking
Beth De Araújo’s remarkable ‘Josephine’ is a standout at this year’s Sundance Starring Gemma Chan and Channing Tatum, the film delicately captures an 8-year-old’s loss of innocence
‘Wonder Man’ renders the rest of Marvel moot Destin Daniel Cretton spearheads a delightful, character-centric comedy-drama series
Vera Miao’s horror film ‘Rock Springs’ is rooted in Asian American history Starring Kelly Marie Tran, the film follows a family who moves to a town in Wyoming where 28 Chinese miners were killed in 1885
Anthony Chen reflects on modern Singapore in ‘We Are All Strangers’ The Berlinale family drama rounds out an informal trilogy on life in the island nation
The dull desires of Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ The director’s latest project is a disastrous adaptation of the 1847 classic, with a bizarre approach to race
Kogonada takes another step back with ‘zi’ More interesting than captivating, the Korean American virtuoso’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival comes up short
The wasted potenital of Riz Ahmed’s ‘Hamlet’ The film trades Denmark for modern-day East London with the Oscar winner starring as one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters
Cathy Yan’s ‘The Gallerist’ is fun, satirical, and strangely compromised Her Sundance premiere, starring Natalie Portman, is a deceptively simple art heist that’s really about modern filmmaking
All you need is another version of ‘All You Need is Kill’ The anime film—the fifth iteration of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s iconic adult light novel—takes some major swings
India’s Oscar entry, ‘Homebound,’ is achingly empathetic The film, inspired by a true story, examines the lives of some of the country’s most ostracized communities
‘The Rip’ is a taut police thriller led by real movie stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and Teyana Taylor are just some of the big names leading Joe Carnahan’s latest
Season one of ‘The Pitt’ is a TV masterclass Filmed largely in Los Angeles, the realistic Pittsburgh hospital drama has an excellent (and very Asian) ensemble cast
Johnny Ma’s sweet, scattered ‘The Mother and the Bear’ A clumsy Canadian comedy-drama about a South Korean mother and daughter
How ‘Bugonia’ adapts Jang Joon-hwan’s ‘Save the Green Planet!’ Hollywood’s latest South Korean remake from director Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone is politically instructive
The real hero of the ‘Avatar’ sequels is a whale named Payakan James Cameron’s latest behemoth dives deep into the optics of Tulkun and their Maōri-inspired Na’vi siblings
The best films of 2025 In a year of many challenges to the art form, the movies came out stronger; these films are the best of 2025
Gregg Araki’s ‘Totally F***ed Up’ 66th birthday! As the filmmaker known for capturing the spirit of alienated queer youth turns 66, here’s a look back at some of our favorite Araki projects
How ‘Kokuho’ has led to a resurgence in kabuki theater in Japan Japan’s Oscar entry follows two adoptive brothers over the course of 50 years as kabuki theater performers
‘Zootopia 2’ is surprisingly cogent for a cartoon about animal racism Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan voices Gary De’Snake, a reptile freedom fighter who wants his family to return home
