Set in rural Yunlin, "Will You Still Be My Friend" offers a compelling look at youth and environmental issues.

Starring Ma Sichun, "Now I Met Her" dramatizes a son's revisiting of his vivacious mother's youthful romances.

Recently restored in 2025, Lee Hsing’s taiyupian “Good Neighbor” dramatizes tensions and reconciliation between Taiwan’s waishengren and benshengren in the post-WWII period. Courtesy of SDAFF. The ...

What are the best African movies? There are many ways to address that question, but Cinema Escapist will give you the most comprehensive answer—by highlighting the top films from all 54 African ...

When US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb 52 Iranian cultural sites in January 2020, even his own defense officials reacted in horror. Amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran, the ...

Katy Stewart explores an African country whose an artistic approach to revolution is now in the throes a bold comeback. Still from Sambizanga (1972). Courtesy of Screen Slate. Angola has the ...

After debuting to strong reception in Taiwan during June 2025, documentary A Chip Odyssey recently concluded a US tour focusing on Taiwanese diaspora communities and academic institutions. It’s a ...

In Parasite, the Kim family of four bottom-feeding outcasts gets a taste of luxury and Korean high society when they collectively swindle their way into becoming the wealthy Park family’s household ...

This author has consistently argued, to much ridicule, that a movie which proudly declares that everybody in Uganda knows Kung Fu can be compared to masterpieces like Ousmane Sembene’s Black Girl, ...

With an impressive list of titles in the realms of both literature and film, it is easy to see why the late Ousmane Sembène, from Senegal, is a mainstay in the pantheon of great African artists. His ...

We reveal the top Bollywood (and other Indian) movies on Netflix—updated for 2020 and available in India, the US, the UK, and many other countries. As it looks for global growth, Netflix has invested ...

The filmmaking duo behind ' Five Fingers for Marseilles' discuss the decade-long journey of bringing South Africa's first Western to the screen. Michael Matthews (left) and Sean Drummond (right).