Shibuya, a Tokyo district of seemingly perpetual redevelopment and shimmering skyscrapers crammed with offices, shops and eateries; the sort of place that makes it is easy to forget that poverty exists in Japan. Perhaps an ideal location for a screening of The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japana documentary that tackles […]
Netflix subscribers will soon be able to stuff their faces with a second helping of the popular cooking competition series Culinary Class Wars. The streamer revealed Tuesday from Seoul that it has renewed the hit Korean show for a second season. Similar in format to Netflix’s Korean reality hit Physical 100, Culinary Class Wars follows […]
Singapore has selected director M. Raihan Halim’s Malay-language comedy-drama La Luna as its submission for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. The film, a co-production between Singapore and Malaysia, is a comedy about a woman who opens a lingerie shop in a conservative Malaysian village, tackling themes of tradition versus […]
Miracle in Cell No. 7an Indonesian remake of the 2013 comedy-drama directed by South Korea’s Lee Hwan-kyung, will get a sequel and an animated series adaptation by Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures, after the first film achieved major box office success in 2022, scoring fifth in the country’s all-time box office rankings and selling 5.8 million movie […]
Thailand has selected director Pat Boonnitipat’s heartwarming blockbuster How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies as its selection to the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature film category. The choice was revealed Friday by the National Federation of Thai Film Associations (MPC). Co-written by Boonnitipat and Thodsapon ‘Ped’ Thiptinnakorn, How to Make Millions Before […]
Japan’s Studio Ghibli is partnering with Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment to rerelease Hayao Miyazaki‘s beloved anime classics in cinemas across Southeast Asia over the next five years. The distribution deal, unveiled by the two companies Thursday, will see mm2 release 21 of Ghibli’s iconic films, including fan favorites like Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbor […]
