International: Asia
Now Streaming: HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST, MILLION-FOLLOWER DETECTIVE, More Netflix Murders
Plus: 'Honey Bunch' arrives on Shudder.
A CHINESE COURTESAN Double Feature Celebrates Seduction and Savagery
Imprint Films brings a Shaw Brothers double feature filled with sex and swordplay.
Rotterdam 2026 Review: ROID, An Ode to the Bengali Landscape and Its Cinema
Director Mejbaur Rahman Sumon's evocative tale from the Bengali countryside about love and fate, echoing the freshness of Satyajit Ray's cinema.
THE FORBIDDEN CITY Trailer: Gabriele Mainetti's Martial Arts Epic Coming to Digital This March
Gabriele Mainetti's standout martial arts action epic, The Forbidden City, is coming to digital on March 17th. The release comes from the good folks at Well Go USA, and they put out the trailer today. You definitely want to check...
EXIT 8 Official Trailer: Genki Kawamura's Horror Flick in Theaters This April
Early this week NEON announced the release date for Genki Kawamura's horror flick, Exit 8. For those of you left wondering what a movie about a man wandering the same halls, over and over again, looks like, we have good...
BLAZING FISTS Official Trailer: Miike's Boxing Drama on Digital, Blu-ray And DVD in March
Ikuto and Ryoma meet in juvenile detention and become best friends. They pursue their dream of participating in the martial arts event Breaking Down. However, rivalries soon turn their dreams into unexpected conflicts.
EXIT 8: NEON Announces Theatrical Release Date For Japanese Thriller
NEON is releasing Genki Kawarmura's thriller, the live-action adaptation of the popular video game, this April.
Echoes: How Young and Veteran Filmmakers in Pakistan Differ in Style and Storytelling
Pakistani cinema has been shaped by both veteran and emerging filmmakers, whose contrasting approaches to style and storytelling define the industry today. While pioneers worked within technical and structural constraints to establish cinematic traditions, the new generation is pushing boundaries...
Sundance 2026 Interview: BURN Writer-Director Makoto Nagahisa Wants His Sophomore Feature To Affect You
The 'We Are Little Zombies' director discusses his flammable new feature.
BACK TO THE PAST Review: Modern Day Mercenaries in Ancient China
Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, and Lai-Ming Tang star in the Hong Kong action movie.
JULY RHAPSODY Review: Unsettling Variation on an Ordinary Man's 40s
Ann Hui brings together Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui for the first time, the latter contributing her final screen appearance.
BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Offical Teaser: Well Go USA Acquires Yuen Wo-Ping Action Adventure
Well Go USA has announced the acquisition of Yuen Woo-ping's action-adventure film, Blades of the Guardians, with a planned release date of February 17th. With one legend already behind the camera, it is only fitting that a few more dance combatively in...
Echoes: Why Is It Hard to Make a Good Pakistani Film? Is the Asian Market to Blame?
The Pakistani film industry is a budding industry that has a fragile infrastructure, high production costs relative to low box-office returns, and scarcity of screens, which has led the audience to rely more on TV-style narratives. Good storylines in TV...
REVOLVER LILY Review: Assassin Turned Madam Turns Protector: Brisk, Efficient, Deadly
Director Isao Yukisada ('Go') paints an epic, bloody panorama, starring Ayase Haruka ('Our Little Sister,' 'Ichi').
Now Streaming: DROPS OF GOD S2 Drops the Ball
Fleur Geffrie and Yamashita Tomohisa reprise their roles in the wine-themed family-drama series.
Criterion in April 2026: JOHN SINGLETON'S HOOD TRILOGY, Bi Gan's RESURRECTION, Much More
Also: 'Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs,' 'Point Blank,' 'Monty Python's Life of Brian,' 'Gilda,' 'Trouble in Paradise.'
SICKO Official Trailer: Kazakh Thriller Heads to IFFR With a Sales Agent
A cash-strapped couple hatch a plan to solve their money troubles, but soon become embroiled in a toxic web of social media, violent criminality, and spiralling greed.
Echoes: Why Do Pakistani Films Fail to Attract Audiences, Compared To Series?
Over the past decade, the Pakistani audience's taste has changed dramatically, and by dramatically, I mean the audience's attention steadily shifted to television "dramas." Pakistan's entertainment landscape has undergone a noticeable transformation as viewers now prefer television series that have...
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Review: Amazing Action Scenes, One After Another, Until ...
One year ago, a giant, alien plant called Doral landed on Earth and took root in the Earth’s crust, and has lain dormant since. For the past year, teams of young volunteers, armed with high-tech suits and gear, wake up...
Now Streaming: THE DARWIN INCIDENT, World's First Humanzee Goes Wild
The anime adaptation of a popular manga debuts on Prime Video.
