Valerie Ng

False Proximity in ‘Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine’

Alex Piperno’s surreal film is a tight synthesis of utter, lacklustre realism and dream logic that lulls one into belief in the unreal.

Lee Isaac Chung’s gentle tale of assimilation and cultivation steeps in something universal.

UK filmmaker Jörn Threlfall’s short film crafts a stream of clues towards a pointy answer.

A winding trip through Hong Kong’s art world digs at the cryptic muddle of art.

Tom Hanks gives a miraculous performance as Fred Rogers. Unfortunately, he’s not the main character.

Donna Tartt’s modern classic is adapted faithfully ― and misguidedly ― in this bloated cinematic adaptation.

Two occupants reflect on their pasts in a sleepy, snow-side hotel in this gentle, even-handed entry into Hang Sang-soo’s oeuvre.

A visually immaculate look at those living inside a Chinese mountain village immerses itself in the pleasures of creation.

Jafar Panahi’s latest film bypasses explicit social critique for a more enjoyable, idiosyncratic journey through small-town Iran.

A makeshift heptad form a syncronised swimming team in this wryly offbeat, exposition-filled French dramedy.

Ali Abbasi’s Swedish fable writhes in twists and turns, though renders its ethereal elements too literal.

Willem Dafoe plays Vincent van Gogh in this murky symphony of paint and celluloid.

Tati grants us a world of extraordinary precision, one that can be compared and fused with ours, like two pieces of tracing paper.