MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Sorry, Hayao
It’s not as dark ast Kitaro, but Totto-Chan tells The Boy and the Heron’s story better.
Ordinary ‘LIfe’
Anthony Hopkins makes the British Oskar Schindler into a compellign wartime hero in the otherwise honourable, but pedestrian, One Life.
Village Crier
Tsang Tsui-shan heads back to the village in the third in her unofficial Ho Chung trilogy, Winter Chants.
Lost ‘Love’
Might as well cue up a Spotify playlist. You’ll learn as much as you will from Bob Marley: One Love.
Lyric Jumble
The Lyricist Wannabe will tell you why we should have a little more respect for Cantopop.
Payne Relief
Da’Vine Joy Randolph steals the show in Alexander Payne’s latest angsty white guy drama, The Holdovers.
Ghost Re-writer
Koda Gou goes there in his Kitaro origin story, The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe. Brace.
Not Over Yet
Denis Villeneuve continues his deep dive into Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic with Dune: Part Two.
This Again
Yup. Another anonymously moralising thriller set in the foul depths of unnamed Southeast Asia. Why?
A Gentle Apocalypse
What kind of apocalyptic thriller has no gunfire? Mahalia Belo’s The End We Start From kind.
Hard Times
Huang Ji’s contemporary China trilogy wraps with Golden Horse winner Stonewalling.
In the ‘Zone’
Yes, the Holocaust really happened, and yes The Zone of Interest is as incredible as you’ve heard.
‘Table’ Mannered
When Table for Six 2 remembers its roots it’s a feast, but most of time it aims for haute cuisine: tiny bits that don’t fill you up.
‘Moon’ Shot
Ignore the trailer: The Moon Thi4v3s is a solid heist drama with a standout turn by Michael Ning.