‘What’s Love Got to Do With It?’ Is a Rom-Com That Makes a Case for Modern Arranged Marriages
What’s Love Got to Do With It? stars Lily James and Shazad Latif in a romcom about arranged marriages.
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Reviews
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- May 22
‘A Passage Beyond Fortune’ Shows One Chinese Family’s History in Canada
This short documentary explores the history of Chinese immigrants in Canada through the experiences of a single family.
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- Apr 26
‘One True Loves’ Is All Sugar and No Spice
Film review of romance One True Loves starring Phillipa Soo, Luke Bracey, and Simu Liu.
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- Apr 14
‘The Harvest’ Bears Fruitful Exploration of Hmong Diaspora
Review of Caylee So's The Harvest with Doua Moua.
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- Apr 5
MISAFF 2023: ‘Powai’ Falters in the Follow-Through of Its Effigial Intentions
Review of Powai (2022), a triptych of three women's stories in suburban India.
Rachel Ho
- Mar 29
'John Wick: Chapter 4' Finds the Franchise's Equilibrium
「上山容易下山難」 I don’t know many Chinese sayings (there are a lot), but this one is a favourite of my parents and has always stuck with me....
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- Mar 27
MISAFF 2023: ‘Kamli’ is a Folktale for the Lovelorn
Opening at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), Kamli is a Pakistani film about three women and their longings.
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- Mar 21
Revenge is a Raw and Bloody Affair in A24’s 'Beef' (2023)
Review of Netflix's show Beef, starring Steven Yuen and Ali Wong.
Rachel Ho
- Mar 14
'Chang Can Dunk' On Your Expectations
Chang (Bloom Li) is the typical high school kid: smitten with young love and lust, concerned with his hair, and constantly at odds with...
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- Mar 2
‘Return to Seoul’ Shows Us the Pain and Beauty of Being Alive
Davy Chou’s sophomore feature, Return to Seoul, tells the story of 25-year-old Freddie (Park Ji-min), a Korean adoptee from France.
Paul Enicola
- Feb 17
'Boy From Nowhere' Is A Compelling Marriage of Fiction and Reality
A boy helps the older men till the land, then looks intently on the horizon as a group of armed rebels approach them. One of the armed...
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- Feb 10
Sundance 2023: 'Polite Society' Is Too Restrained to Land a Punch
With tons of fun and vibrant kinetic energy, Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society radiates with crowd pleasing sensibilities and added cultural...
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- Feb 1
Slamdance: ‘Marupok AF (Where Is The Lie?)’ Brings Trans Catfishing True Story To Big Screen
Film review of Quark Henares' Marupok AF (Where is the Lie?) starring EJ Jallorina, Royce Cabera, and Maris Racal.
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- Jan 19
‘Eat Drink Man Woman’ Serves Family Drama and Romantic Comedy with Gastronomic Delights
In honour of Lunar New Year, a review of Eat Drink Man Woman by Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee.
Rachel Ho
- Dec 20, 2022
WFF 2022: ‘Shallots & Garlic/Bawang Merah Bawang Putih’ Dishes Out A Woman’s Universal Truth
The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto's short film, Shallots & Garlic, as seen during the Whistler Film Festival.
Rachel Ho
- Dec 20, 2022
WFF 2022: ‘Please Hold The Line/请别挂断’ Holds Audiences Captive
The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho review of the short film 'Please Hold The Line' as seen during the Whistler Film Festival.
Alisha Mughal
- Dec 19, 2022
'And Still I Sing' Vividly Captures the Labour of Hope
We talk a lot about our penchant for whipping the realities of life into narrative form, of our “imposition of a narrative line upon...
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- Dec 14, 2022
‘Children of the Mist’ Documentary Reveals Child Marriage Customs In Rural Vietnam
A peek into child bride-kidnapping customs in rural Vietnam, Children of the Mist is director Hà Lệ Diễm's first feature documentary.
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- Dec 8, 2022
‘Plan 75’ is a Searing Indictment of Capitalist Failure
Chie Hayakawa’s feature debut imagines a government program that gives people aged 75 and up the choice to voluntarily end their lives.
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- Dec 7, 2022
'Hello (Again)' is a Cute and Cliché Story of Love and Reconnection
Co-created by Simu Liu and Nathalie Younglai, Hello (Again) is a nine episode web series starring Alex Mallari Jr.
Alisha Mughal
- Dec 6, 2022
The Tender Grace of 'Sort Of'
The second season of Bilal Baig's CBC series 'Sort Of' is a masterclass in graceful representation.
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- Nov 30, 2022
Criterion Recollection: Ingenuity, Identity, and Integrity in ‘Infernal Affairs’
Criterion Recollection review of Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung
Rachel Ho
- Nov 18, 2022
‘Therapy Dogs’ Welcomes A Talent To Watch Out For
The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Ethan Eng's directorial debut, Therapy Dogs.
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- Nov 18, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Some Women’ is a Masterful Exploration of Womanhood
Quen Wong's documentary, Some Women, bravely sits at this intersection of the desire to be seen and its corollary fear.
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- Nov 17, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Stay the Night’ Is A Charming Torontonian Romance à la ‘Before Sunrise’
Renuka Jeyapalan’s polished solo feature debut, Stay the Night, takes up Before Sunrise's ambitious mantle.
Rachel Ho
- Nov 16, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Big Fight in Little Chinatown’ Considers the Historic Value of Chinatowns
The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Big Fight in Little Chinatown, directed by Karen Cho.
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- Nov 16, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Topline’ is a Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Underscored by an Incisive Soundtrack
Jericho Tadeo reviews the new CBC Gem show Topline, directed by Romeo Candido.
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- Nov 14, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Bad Axe’ Shows The Strength In Family
For The Asian Cut, Calvin Law reviews David Siev's Bad Axe as seen during Reel Asian 2022
Rachel Ho
- Nov 10, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Noise’ Loses Its Premise In The Excess Noise
The Asian Cut's Rachel Ho reviews Noise, the latest film from Hiroki Ryuichi starring Fujiwara Tatsuya, Matsuyama Ken'ichi.
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- Nov 9, 2022
Reel Asian: ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ is a Poignant Immigrant Story of Mother and Son
Directed by Anthony Shim, Riceboy Sleeps is a tender portrait of a South Korean immigrant family set in 1990s suburban Canada. So-young...
Alisha Mughal
- Nov 3, 2022
The Revolutionary Pull Of ‘Leonor Will Never Die’
Part and parcel of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s plight in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (the Tom Stoppard play and his own 1990...
Rachel Ho
- Nov 2, 2022
‘Kalinga (Care)’ Is a Love Letter to a Mother’s Sacrifice
Last year, I watched Martin Edralin’s beautiful film Islands, about a Filipino immigrant family living in Toronto, Canada. The film...
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- Nov 1, 2022
‘My Small Land’ Turns Kurdish-Japanese Refugee Drama Into Universal Coming-of-Age Tale
Directed by Kawawada Emma, My Small Land is an intimate look into the life of a young Kurdish girl living as a refugee just outside...
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- Oct 26, 2022
The Criterion Recollection: Healing Heartbreaks in 'Chungking Express'
Chungking Express is Wong Kar-wai’s third film and the one that garnered him international attention in the ‘90s. The director notably...
Alisha Mughal
- Oct 25, 2022
'Golden Delicious' Reinvigorates A Familiar Genre
The coming-of-age tale by Vancouver-based Jason Karman creates a rich world full of new but familiar characters.
Alisha Mughal
- Oct 14, 2022
'The Night' Is A Unique And Piercing Persian Horror
A toothache always spells bad news. It’s almost lyrical in its foreboding, lyrical in how immediately it is communicated to audiences....
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