Max’s Vietnam War Series ‘The Sympathizer’ is an Energetic Delight I’m seeing double: four Robert Downey Jrs! Read
The Stunning, Scattered Images of Marvel’s ‘Echo’ The reworked five-part series marks Disney’s foray into new cultural territory Read
Action-comedy ‘The Brothers Sun’ Offers Delayed Gratification Netflix’s new series with Michelle Yeoh is worth watching all the way through Read
The Best Movies of 2023 (and Where to Watch Them) Critic Siddhant Adlakha watched 194 films this year—his favorites reckon with an enormous, eventful year both on and off screen Read
‘Dunki’ Turns Immigrant Struggles into a Hopeful Comedy-Drama Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan completes his 2023 hat-trick with a delightful throwback Read
‘Rebel Moon’ Is Culturally Innovative, but Creatively Chaotic Zack Snyder’s Star Wars-inspired space saga crafts a unique look but gets swallowed by its own mess Read
Lee Byung-Hun is Wicked Good in South Korea’s Oscar Hopeful Disaster drama ‘Concrete Utopia’ is occasionally malformed but always entertaining Read
‘The Archies’ is a Tragic Example of Bollywood’s Nepo Baby Problem Lackluster leads make Netflix India’s new film a dull reclamation of the beloved comics Read
‘Godzilla Minus One’ Is a Jaw-Dropping Blockbuster Toho’s latest monster movie is a subversive throwback to sincere action epics Read
The Strange Beauty of ‘The Cow’ Continues to Resonate Join us in revisiting a landmark 1969 film by a recently deceased Iranian master Read
The Precise Supporting Performances of ‘May December’ In Todd Haynes’ Netflix melodrama, Charles Melton captures the fractured dynamics of a mixed race family Read
‘Quiz Lady’ Wastes the Talent of Its Two Leading Ladies The premise sounds like a win, but Awkwafina and Sandra Oh get stuck in an unfortunately unfunny comedy Read
‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Rewards Your Patience A surprisingly accessible three-hour Vietnamese arthouse drama—we promise it’s worth it Read
Comedy-Drama ‘The Persian Version’ Tells A Moving Mother-Daughter Story The Iranian American Sundance hit starts out familiar, but blooms in surprising ways Read
7 Asian Genre Films to Watch Out For Featuring the best in fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and cult filmmaking, this year’s Fantastic Fest featured a plethora of films from Asia Read
Action Bonanza ‘Leo’ Has Its Cake And Eats It, Too Catch the latest entry in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s seedy shared universe Read
‘Once Upon a Star’ Pays Tribute to Thai Cinema The light Netflix period drama harkens back to a simpler time Read
Two New Documentaries Take Us Behind the Scenes in China Filmmaker virtuoso Wang Bing premiered his latest—one about garment workers, the other about a legendary composer—at the New York Film Festival Read
Is This the Best Korean Show on TV Right Now? Writer Teresa Tran thinks so—after all, it executes a nuanced (romantic!) superhero story better than Marvel and DC Read
‘The Creator’ Brings Out the Worst Tendencies of Asian-Inspired Sci-Fi The trend of Hollywood’s thoughtless cultural translation continues Read
How ‘Jury Duty’ Created a ‘Believable’ Asian Character The buzzworthy Amazon Prime show does a lot right—but Ken’s reliance on stereotypes isn’t it Read
Get to Know the Pishacha—the Indian Demon in ‘It Lives Inside’ Bishal Dutta’s uber-creepy horror film is deeply inspired by his Indian American upbringing Read
