MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Room to Grow
Kudos. Sean Wang's Didi in Didi is one of the movie's most insufferable kids ever.
No-Sheep Zone
Don't know anything about Mongolian cinema? Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s City of Wind is a good place to start.
Not Like This
Despite the title, How to Have Sex is actually a thought-provoking drama about why to have sex.
Over the ‘Moon’
First-timer Sasha Chuk gets personal in the semi-autobiographical Fly Me to the Moon.
Happy Ever ‘After’
Yes, there’s a death, but Blue Lan’s coming-of-age dramedy After School carries a welcome respite from LGBTQ+ misery.
Best Served Old
It’s the ol’ “go back in time and kill X before Y” thing, but done really well in Tokyo Revengers – part one of three.
Turning Purple
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is very, very derivative, but very, very harmless.
‘Soul’ Searching
Soulmate moves Soul Mate from China to South Korea and it’s anyone’s guess why they bothered.
Miyazaki-Lite
Makoto Shinkai aims for Miyazaki’s throne but still comes up a bit short with Suzume. Just a bit.
So ‘Close’ Yet So Far
Belgian director Lukas Dhont follows up Girl with Close, and asks why boys can’t get, well, close.