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The Asian Cut’s Fall Festival Favourites

As the calendar turns from summer to fall, in the film world, summer blockbusters turn into Oscar-bait prestige, and with that comes a...

Venice Film Festival 2023: Ryuichi Sakamoto Takes His Final Bow

After an ugly morning cry over the bleak potency of Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, my afternoon gave me a very different reason to...

Venice Film Festival 2023: 'Hokage (Shadow of Fire)' Brings To Light The Shadows of War

‘A game of two halves’ is always an interesting way of describing a film. Generally it refers to quality; a film can start strong and end...

Venice Film Festival 2023: The Raw Intensity of 'Tatami'

Given that the sports biopic formula often leans towards the optimistic, even in bleak circumstances, I was surprised with the downbeat...

Venice Film Festival 2023: 'Sidonie in Japan' Brings Levity To Grief

Somewhere between the stylistic influences and themes of Lost in Translation and Hiroshima Mon Amour is Élise Girard’s Sidonie au Japon...

Venice Film Festival 2023: 'Ser Ser Salhi' Enlivens the Coming of Age Tale

The Asian Cut's review of 'Ser Ser Salhi' directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir.