Chinese and Chinese-language Films | Southeast Asian Films
Dear You: hope, dreams, resilience and community identity maintained over decades of separation
Lan Hongchun, “Dear You” (2026) Made on a budget equivalent to US$2.06 million or nearly
Tag: Comedy
Tuner: a likeable crime caper thriller scratching the surface of class inequalities in neo-capitalist society
Daniel Roher, “Tuner” (2015) The notion that a piano tuner and a safe-cracking expert can
French and French-language Films
The Richest Woman in the World: a long glossy soap opera skirting over issues of class and past unsavoury history
Thierry Klifa, “The Richest Woman in the World” (2025) This film by Thierry Klifa is
French and French-language Films | Northern European Films
La Venue de l’avenir: reflecting on family history and the past, but not advocating for preserving what is valuable
Cédric Klapisch “La Venue de l’avenir” / “The Colours of Time” (2025) A derelict country
How to Make a Killing: light satirical absurdist comedy misses out on greatness
John Patton Ford, “How to Make a Killing” (2026) Inspired by and loosely based on
No Other Choice: how late-stage global capitalism moulds its victims to turn on one another
Park Chanwook, “No Other Choice” (2025) Behind a convoluted plot in which a paper industry
French and French-language Films
En Fanfare!: celebrating the power of community action and support against hostile corporate and government forces
Emmanuel Courcol, “En Fanfare!” (English title: “My Brother’s Band”) (2024) Initially the advertising for “En
Japanese Films | North American Films
Rental Family: a heartfelt film on loneliness and connection in a socially conservative society
Hikari, “Rental Family” (2025) Beginning in the 1990s, rental family services offering actors to stand
Two Prosecutors: portraying 1930s Soviet society as repressive, stifling and absurdist
Sergei Loznitsa, “Two Prosecutors” (2025) An earnest historical drama, based on a short novel by
Bugonia: lampooning American social fragmentation, alienation and the role of disinformation in maintaining class warfare
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Bugonia” (2025) A remake of the South Korean sci-fi / black comedy film