Cinema Escapist

Starring #ParkJiHoon and #YooHaeJin THE KING'S WARDEN has become the highest-grossing movie in #Korean box office history. Learn more about this movie—which puts a new twist on a historical tale—in @itsjiannem's review! cinemaescapist.com/2026/05/review…

EN ROUTE TO transcends coming-of-age tropes to explore the systemic challenges facing young Korean women. Learn more in @itsjiannem's interview with the director YOO JAE-IN following the film's screening at @HKIFFS cinemaescapist.com/2026/05/interv…

With its story about a girl forced to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein's birthday, #Iraqi film THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE is a timely tragicomedy about innocence caught between authoritarianism and uncaring foreign intervention. Learn more in our review: cinemaescapist.com/2026/05/review…

As @BrianHioe highlights in this review, BLIND LOVE is just the latest #Taiwanese movie to explore queer desire through the lens of parents. The movie streams in the US starting Jun 19 via @filmmvmtplus. cinemaescapist.com/2026/05/review…

Want to watch some movies from the #Philippines? Check out our list of 2025's best #Filipino movies! cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-f… #JoshuaGarcia #KimChiu #BelleMariano #PauloAvelino #DingdongDantes #PioloPascual #MaricelSoriano #JerichoRosales

Want to watch some #Chinese films? Check out our list of 2025's best Chinese #movies, which feature everything from animations to epic action blockbusters. cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-c…

Like #Japanese movies? Check out our list of 2025's best Japanese movies, which range from indie delights to #anime franchise blockbusters.  cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-j…  #DemonSlayer #鬼滅の刃 #GoAyano #NanaKomatsu #小松菜奈 #TakanoriIwata #岩田剛典 #KazunariNinomiya #二宮和也

Like Korean movies? Check out our list of the best #Korean movies of 2025, featuring stars like #LeeByungHun #SongHyeKyo #SonYeJin #YooAhIn #ParkHaeJoon #Yoona across genres like thriller, action, horror, comedy, romance, etc. cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-k…

Can't decide which Korean dramas to watch? Check out our list of 2025's Best #Kdramas! cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-k… #IU #아이유 #SoJiSub #소지섭 #ParkBoYoung #박보영 #ParkBoGum #박보검 #YoonA #Chaeyeon #JunJiHyun #전지현 #LeeJeHoon #이제훈 #JuJiHoon #주지훈 #ParkHaeJoon #박해준

For the 5th year running, @CinemaEscapist has collaborated with @brianhioe of @newbloommag to curate a list of the #Taiwanese #movies of 2025. Check it out here and let us know what you think! cinemaescapist.com/2025/12/best-t… #台灣電影

Singaporean film A GOOD CHILD offers a "moving" story about a drag queen who connects with his mother. Learn more about the film in our review! cinemaescapist.com/2025/11/review…

A CHIP ODYSSEY #造山者－世紀的賭注 traces the origins of #Taiwan's semiconductor industry & its geopolitical implications with a "human and Taiwan-centric perspective". Learn more about the documentary—which just concluded a US tour—in our review! #TSMC cinemaescapist.com/2025/11/review…

Filipina director Janus Victoria's film DIAMONDS IN THE SAND follows a Japanese salaryman's quest for meaning in the Philippines. Learn more about the movie + Victoria's creative process in our article! cinemaescapist.com/2025/11/review…

Fans of Ang Lee's EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN might appreciate AS THE WATER FLOWS, a humanistic intergenerational family drama set in Yunnan. Learn more in @brianhioe's review of the film (which screened at 2025's @alulafilmfest)! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

Set in Guizhou, KARST is a "deliberately understated but highly effective" film about life in rural China. Learn more about the movie (which screened at @alulafilmfest) in @brianhioe's review! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

Documentary THE HOMELESS looks at China's unhoused, and screened at 2025's @alulafilmfest. Learn more in @brianhioe's review! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

QUEERPANORAMA offers an "unexpectedly powerful" look at life in contemporary Hong Kong. Learn more in @brianhioe's review of the film, which screened at 2025's @alulafilmfest! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

OBEDIENCE is a documentary that gives an empathetic but not overwrought view at #HongKong's elderly garbage collectors. Read more in @brianhioe's review of the film, which screened at 2025's @alulafilmfest! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

Writer Kieran Davey reflects upon famed Iranian New Wave director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "delightful" film A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE, which screened at 2025's @VIFFest. Learn more in our article! cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…

Thanks to a retrospective screening at the 2025 @VIFFest, writer Kieran Davey looks back at Belgian director Chantal Akerman’s 1976 film NEWS FROM HOME, which offers a beautifully melancholic slow burn through 1970's New York City. cinemaescapist.com/2025/10/review…