A fictionalized version of Marco Polo engages in conversation with his master, the emperor Kublai Khan, about how he “will put together, piece by piece, the perfect city” from the …
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Pik-Sheun Fung makes her novel debut with Ghost Forest, delivering an experimental writing stroke with artistic mastery. The work comes right at a time when we need it most. With …
Aloners (Hong Sung-eun, South Korea 2021) Introverted and independent Jin-a (Gong Seung-yeon) works as a top customer service agent in a Seoul call centre, resides alone, and is content with shutting …
The mysterious death of Elisa Lam has been solved according to a documentary that was released in 2021. Through detective work, and with some assistance from internet forums, retired …
Immediately after leaving the highway at Simpang Ampat, on the drive south from Kuala Lumpur to Melaka, you can choose one of two directions. One takes you towards the tomb …
The Trouble with China is the latest addition to the long list of travel literature on China. After accepting a teaching job in 1999 at a college in Wuxi, one …
76 Days (Anonymous, Chen Weixi & Wu Hao, USA 2020) Remarkable for being one of the first documentary features about Covid-19 off the assembly line—and also the first to screen at …
There is a quality about Alan Yang’s film that lingers throughout most of the film, Tigertail, a realistic time-skipping film written and directed by Alan Yang. Where there often is …
Lightning has struck twice for South Korean cinema because when it reigns, it pours. Last year, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews, started …
I’ve always wondered if the Comedy Of The Absurd is a criticism of the human condition: Life is a series of accidents that veer towards a pointless milieu of pain, …