‘Past Lives’ is the Year’s Best Film So Far This touching, autobiographical tale of lost love and immigrant identity is in LA/NY theaters now, with a wider release scheduled for June 23 Read
‘Across the Spider-Verse’: A Dazzling Film Left in Suspended Animation Apart from its caricatured Indian excursion, the Spider-Man sequel makes for a worthy follow-up Read
‘Shin Kamen Rider’ Recalls The Original ’70s Show Through a Modern Lens View this uniquely captivating film during a one-day U.S. showing on June 5 Read
The Asian Films You May Have Missed at Cannes The world’s premier film festival played host to compelling movies from all over the continent and diasporas—including these four underrated gems Read
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Turns Journalism Into Cinema Martin Scorsese’s Native American crime epic, made with the help of the Osage tribe, collapses real and cinematic histories Read
‘Indiana Jones’ and the Weight of Time Short Round is gone, but Indy’s back—and with him a complicated look at the franchise’s past and present Read
Disney’s Adaptation of ‘American Born Chinese’ Flattens a Tale of Identity Despite it’s star-studded cast, the show leaves critic Siddhant Adlakha missing some of the classic comic’s key components Read
‘Monster’ Reveals a Nuanced Portrait of Childhood Secrets One of Cannes most promising premieres is this devastating emotional puzzle-box from Kore-eda Hirokazu Read
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ is James Gunn’s Messy Magnum Opus A farewell to familiar characters—and to personal movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Read
‘A Tourist’s Guide To Love’ Takes the Hollywood Rom-Com to Vietnam A familiar movie in an unfamiliar place, the Netflix comedy has little cultural insight, but enough charm to get by Read
‘The Covenant’ Falls Back on Hollywood’s Same Old Orientalism Guy Ritchie’s new war movie aims high, but unfortunately misses the mark when it comes to covering its Afghan main character Read
‘The Lost Weekend’: A Scattered Portrait of May Pang’s Affair With John Lennon The Chinese American assistant and executive narrates the film, but is it truly about her? Read
‘The Romantics’ Offers Rare Glimpse into Bollywood’s Royal Family The Netflix docuseries is a love letter to the industry’s legendary Chopra family and Indian cinema Read
Makoto Shinkai is Anime’s Next Living Legend Watch these five films by the talented director before his next, ‘Suzume,’ hits theaters Read
‘One True Loves’ Proves Ignoring Race’s Role in Casting Isn’t the Answer Representation matters, but it needs smart, intentional storytelling and dialogue to back it up Read
If You Liked ‘The Menu,’ Check Out ‘Hunger’ There’s no murder in this Thai fine-dining drama, but it does have a similar commentary on class Read
‘Beef’ is One of the Year’s Most Compelling Shows All eyes may be on “Succession,” but critic Siddhant Adlakha calls out this great new Netflix series starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun Read
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Gives Audiences Exactly What They Want Bow down (again) to the greatness of Keanu Reeves Read
Writer and Actor Kevin Yee On His SXSW Debut In an interview with Carolyn Hinds, Yee discusses his pilot, “A Guide to Not Dying Completely Alone” Read
A History of Indians at the Oscars Ahead of this Sunday’s ceremony, critic Siddhant Adlakha looks back at India’s biggest Academy moments Read
10 Great Asian Films that Inspired Popular Hollywood Movies Because it’s important to give credit where credit’s due (and these badass movies should go on your watch list immediately) Read
