A touching movie that lets us vicariously walk several miles in two Filipino migrant workers’ shoes.
AU WAIPANG
Papa, how do you spell “beautiful”, she asked. You spell it the way it's said, he told her. And that was how they made this film.
LA CHINITA
The South Korean filmmaker’s auteur project topped the Un Certain Regard category, though not all critics were impressed.
BERNICE TANG
If the popular success of China’s made-for-the-web short films is anything to go by, the Chinese post-80s generation may be doing serious soul-searching in a time of unprecedented economic growth.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
The true story of a small fishing village that produced one of the country’s top football teams – without having an inch of land for a pitch.
The asia! team
It’s the Chinese Year of the Rabbit! To celebrate all that is fluffy and floppy, we bring you 12 of the world’s most famous bunnies.
CLARISSA TAN
This 1978 James Bond-meets-Bruce Lee movie has corny dialogue and bizarre dubbing, but the visual collage of 1970’s Manila, Singapore and Hongkong make it worthwhile. For a while, at least.
DARIUS SIT
For curious, open-minded filmgoers out there in search of poetry and innovation in the seventh art, Uncle Boonmee will no doubt be a gem.
BERNICE TANG
The 18th-century English novelist had hinted at various places of Delhi in her writings. Here are some excerpts.
THE DELHI WALLA
Big names like John Woo, Tsui Hark, Tran Anh Hung and Takashi Miike are leading the Asian contingent at the Venice Film Festival this year.
BERNICE TANG
Movie synopses that Tinseltown may want to consider, as the city sprouts a host of new skyscrapers and landmarks
CLARISSA TAN
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest big-budget blockbuster eschews one too many elements of its animated original TV series. But all is not lost.
JON CHENG
A conversation with Boo Junfeng and Joshua Tan, the director and male lead, respectively, of the made-in-Singapore feature film.
LIM JIN LI
asia! sits down with the director and lead actor of "Sandcastle" - fresh from the Cannes Film Festival and premiering in Singapore this August - for a conversation about history, films, passion and art.
LIM JIN LI
Why studying History is good for something other than your GCE O'Levels.
LIM JIN LI