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Watching Asian and Asian diaspora films with a cutting, critical lens.

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‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Wrestling with the Unknown in Both Sound and Silence

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October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘Waltzing with Brando’ Review: Tia Carrere Embraces the Excess

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September 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We've still got plenty of #TIFF50 reviews and interviews on their way, but in the meantime, here are our five favourite films that played at TIFF 2025!

✨ It Was Just as Accident
✨ Ky Nam Inn
✨ Left-Handed Girl
✨ Magellan
✨ Palestine 36

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September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
‘Lucky Lu’ Review: Capturing the fragile dream of immigrant survival #TIFF50

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TIFF 2025: ‘Lucky Lu’ Captures the Fragile Dream of Immigrant Survival - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut reviews the movie Lucky Lu, directed by Lloyd Lee Choi, starring Chang Chen, Fala Chen, and Carabelle Manna Wei.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Review: Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han's animated film inspires joy and curiosity #TIFF50

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September 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘Magellan’ Review: Lav Diaz's Deconstruction of Conquerors and Myths #TIFF50

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TIFF 2025: Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan’ and the Deconstruction of Conquerors and Myths  - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut reviews the movie Magellan directed by Lav Diaz, starring Gael García Bernal and Ângela Azevedo.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘Renoir’ Review: Examining Coming-of-Age in the Shadow of Grief #TIFF50

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TIFF 2025: ‘Renoir’ Examines a Coming of Age in the Shadow of Grief - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut reviews the Japanese movie Renoir, directed by Chie Hayakawa, starring Yui Suzuki, Lily Franky, and Hikari Ishida.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘Hamlet’ Review: Aneil Karia Locks onto Riz Ahmed’s Performance and Doesn't Let Go #TIFF50

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September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
‘Ky Nam Inn’ Review: Translating a Timeless Love Story to Vietnam #TIFF50

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September 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘100 Sunset’ Review: Showing the Duelling Views of a Toronto Tibetan Community #TIFF50

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September 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
'Shook' Review: An Ode to Family and Life

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September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Next week, the brightest stars of film descend up on Toronto ✨

Ahead of the festival, we've selected our most anticipated films of #TIFF50, including Rental Family, A Useful Ghost, It Was Just An Accident, Magellan, and more!

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August 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Vice Is Broke Review: The Seduction of Cool

Eddie Huang's latest documentary hits MUBI this Friday

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August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"My hero is and always will be Hayao Miyazaki," filmmaker Usman Riaz tells The Asian Cut.

Read our interview with Riaz and check out his feature directorial debut and Pakistan's first hand-drawn animated film, The Glassworker!

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Usman Riaz Made ‘The Glassworker’ for the Love of Art and “to take you to another world” - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut interviews director Usman Riaz about his animated movie The Glassworker, released in North America by Watermelon Pictures.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‘Where Are You Really From’ Review: Elaine Hsieh Chou's latest novel, a collection of short stories, digs into the dark side of identity and desire 📖

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August 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“It's becoming more and more where it's not leading the conversation,” Bernard White says of the racial specificity in his new film Shook. “These [characters] could be anybody.”

Read our interview with White and his co-star Saamer Usmani: theasiancut.com/interview/sa...

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August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Freakier Friday Review: Manny Jacinto charms and swoons while director Nisha Ganatra gives fans of the original movie the nostalgia Gen X and millennials crave

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August 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: Yeo Siew Huas latest lingers where it looks when considering a surveillance state

Read @paulenicola.bsky.social's review below!

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August 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"From the architectural stillness of 'Columbus' by Kogonada to the slow, aching introspection of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s 'Drive My Car' ... The power of these films lies not in volume, but in presence."

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The Soft Power of Quiet Films: How Silence Speaks in Asian Storytelling - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut considers the meaning of silence in the movies Drive My Car, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and Columbus, directed by Kogonada.
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July 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
'Great Absence' Review: Dissecting Memory, Estrangement and the Language of Silence

Read @paulenicola.bsky.social's ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ below!

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July 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
'Daniela Forever' Review: Drowns Itself in Abstraction

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July 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Keep your kids FAR away from Elephant Man
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
‘Gundala’ Review: Fails to Replicate the MCU’s Early Success
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'Gundala' Fails to Replicate the MCU's Early Success - The Asian Cut
The Asian Cut reviews the movie Gundala, directed by Joko Anwar, and starring Abimana Aryasatya and Bront Palarae.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni on 'A Nice Indian Boy': "I wanted it to feel true more than anything else"

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June 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM