Kigan-mon— a silent plea for harvest in Buddhist prayer beads your calloused fingers dig deep grooves into the rotting flesh of sugarcane— daughter of typhoons, you dipped your toes …
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My left earlobe throbs with a familiar pain. A few weeks ago, I removed the infected earring to give the wound some air. After a careful sterilization, I ask my …
Bargain (Jeon Woo-sung, South Korea 2023) A man hires a high school girl for a good time at a secluded hotel, but each is in fact trying to ensnare the …
it only felt like yesterday when we were huddling under the citrus lights every shallow promise disappearing when the monsoon rain kissed our pale bodies you let me read …
Radicalization was sitting at the edge of a bathhouse, wading water just warm enough on the skin. With my elbows sprawled behind me, head tilted back, I soaked in the …
Her body is not her own. From her legs to her backbone, It is the property of another, Who forces her to be the other: The outsider, the perpetual …
My brother was born on my third birthday. I celebrated that birthday a day early. In my family photo album, there’s a picture of me blowing out three candles on …
it just took 4 of my 8-year-old steps to walk past it on the way to Chinese school every week the narrowest building almost an afterthought its deep green façade …
A dedicated high school teacher in Yogyakarta witnesses the implosion of her precarious family unit after they are subjected to a ruinous cyberbullying campaign following her fateful encounter with a …
Full spoilers ahead. Hidden in TIFF’s selections year after year are films that can ill afford the priceless combo of soft power, celebrity and public relations necessary to capture an …