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★★★★☆
20th Century Girl is a Korean first-love drama set in 1999, a tender, nostalgic romance that runs on the charm of Kim You-jung and Byeon Woo-seok.
Yes, for romance fans. It is a warm, beautifully played teen love story, best for viewers who welcome nostalgia and tears and can forgive a slow, familiar middle.
★★★☆☆
22 Bahnen adapts Caroline Wahl's bestselling novel about a student raising her little sister. Luna Wedler is excellent, but the film is tidier than its material.
It depends. Readers of the novel and fans of quiet, performance-led family drama will find plenty here; viewers wanting something rawer may find it too neat.
★★★½☆
27 Steps of May is Ravi L. Bharwani's near-wordless Indonesian drama about a young woman and her father after an assault, a demanding but deeply felt film.
Yes, with care. It is a patient, powerfully acted drama about trauma and recovery, best for viewers who welcome slow arthouse cinema and are ready for its subject.
★★★★☆
28 Days Later is Danny Boyle's raw, fast-moving British outbreak horror, a film that reshaped the modern zombie story even if its final act divides viewers.
Yes. It is a lean, frightening and influential survival horror that still grips, best for genre fans who can live with a rough digital look and a divisive last act.
★★★★☆
2gether: The Series is a 13-episode Thai BL rom-com about a fake campus relationship, and its sincerity and lead chemistry outweigh a very familiar formula.
Yes, with reservations. It is a sweet, low-stakes BL romance for comfort viewers and genre newcomers; anyone hoping for plot surprises should look elsewhere.
★★★★☆
3 Body Problem is Netflix's ambitious adaptation of Liu Cixin's first-contact novel: gripping as a science mystery, thinner as a drama about its young scientists.
Yes, with reservations. Science fiction fans who like big ideas and slow-burn mysteries should start it, but be ready for thin characters and an unfinished story.
★★★★½
3 Idiots is Rajkumar Hirani's hugely popular Hindi campus comedy, a warm, funny attack on rote learning that still lands despite its length and broad jokes.
Yes. It is one of Hindi cinema's great crowd-pleasers, funny and heartfelt, and perfect for families and students who can forgive broad humour and a long runtime.
★★★★½
8½ is Federico Fellini's dazzling film about a director who cannot make his next film, a funny, dreamlike self-portrait and cinema's great study of creative block.
Yes. It is one of the most inventive films ever made and rewards anyone curious about classic cinema, though its dream logic and self-absorption take some adjusting to.
★★★★☆
A Beautiful Mind is Ron Howard's Oscar-winning drama about mathematician John Nash, a moving, polished biopic lifted by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly.
Yes. It is an absorbing, well-acted awards drama that moves more than it probes, best for viewers who enjoy classic Hollywood biopics and don't mind softened history.
★★★★☆
A Different Man is Aaron Schimberg's darkly funny New York fable about a man who changes his face and not himself, led by Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson.
Yes. It is a sharp, squirm-inducing and original dark comedy with two terrific performances, best for viewers who enjoy discomfort and don't need tidy catharsis.
★★★★½
A Dog's Will is Brazil's beloved comedy about two penniless tricksters in the northeastern backlands, a quick-witted, irreverent folk tale with real heart.
Yes. It is one of Brazil's great popular comedies, fast, funny and warm, and ideal for anyone who loves trickster stories and doesn't mind broad, theatrical humour.
★★★★½
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms shrinks Westeros to a hedge knight, a sharp young squire and a tourney, and it is the warmest, most humane Game of Thrones spin-off yet.
Yes. It is the best Westeros story in years, ideal for fantasy fans who prefer character to carnage, and a friendly entry point for viewers new to the franchise.
★★★★½
A Prophet is Jacques Audiard's French prison epic about a young inmate who learns power from the inside, a gripping crime drama built around Tahar Rahim.
Yes. It is one of the best crime films of its century, tense and intelligent, and ideal for viewers who can take its length, brutality and dense gang politics.
★★★½☆
A Quiet Place Part II is John Krasinski's tense, efficient horror sequel, taking the Abbotts beyond their farm; it is well crafted but less surprising than the original.
Mostly yes. It is a lean, well-made creature thriller with superb set pieces, best for fans of the first film who can accept a sequel that repeats more than it reinvents.
★★★★½
A Real Pain is Jesse Eisenberg's funny, aching road movie about two cousins on a Holocaust heritage tour of Poland, lit up by Kieran Culkin's Oscar-winning turn.
Yes. It is a small, wise and very funny film about family and grief, ideal for anyone who likes character-driven comedy-drama with real emotional depth.
★★★★☆
A Touch of Zen is King Hu's three-hour Taiwanese wuxia epic, a ghost story, political thriller and Buddhist fable whose fight scenes still look astonishing.
Yes, if you have the time. It is a landmark of martial arts cinema, essential for wuxia fans and film lovers, but its slow first hour and three-hour length demand commitment.
★★★½☆
A Useful Ghost is a Thai comedy about a dead woman who returns inside a vacuum cleaner, a deadpan love story that turns into sharp satire about memory.
Mostly yes. It is a bold, strange and often very funny Thai satire, best for adventurous viewers who enjoy deadpan absurdism and can ride out a long, uneven second half.
★★★★½
Ada Apa dengan Cinta? karya Rudy Soedjarwo adalah drama remaja Jakarta tentang cinta pertama, puisi, dan persahabatan, dengan dialog yang masih terasa jujur.
Ya. Romansa SMA yang jujur dan hangat, cocok untuk remaja maupun penonton dewasa yang ingin mengenal film yang ikut menghidupkan kembali bioskop Indonesia.
★★★★★
Adolescence films each of its four episodes in one unbroken take, and the technique is the point: a British crime drama that traps viewers inside a family's catastrophe.
Baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia →Yes, without hesitation. It is essential, harrowing television for adults and older teens, and for any parent willing to sit through four very difficult hours.
★★★☆☆
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is Karan Johar's glossy Hindi romance about one-sided love, rich in songs and star power but thinner in its characters than its music.
It depends. Fans of Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor and the soundtrack will find plenty to enjoy, but viewers who need convincing characters may find it long and self-absorbed.
★★★★☆
After Life is Ricky Gervais's dark comedy about a widower who decides to say whatever he likes; it is blunt, sentimental and often genuinely moving about grief.
Yes, with reservations. Viewers open to a comedy about grief will find it moving and funny, but anyone allergic to sentimentality or Gervais's bluntness may struggle.
★★★★☆
Agak Laen: Menyala Pantiku! mengirim Bene, Boris, Jegel, dan Oki menyamar di panti jompo. Sekuel komedi Muhadkly Acho yang berani mengganti formula.
Ya, dengan sedikit catatan. Komedi penyamaran yang segar dan kompak, paling cocok untuk penggemar film pertama dan penonton yang suka lawakan ansambel.
★★★★☆
Agent Kim Reactivated is a Korean action thriller about a quiet single father whose black-ops past resurfaces when his daughter vanishes, anchored by So Ji-sub.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of lean rescue-mission thrillers and So Ji-sub will be well served; viewers wanting a fresh premise will find the formula very familiar.
★★★★☆
Aile Arasında is Ozan Açıktan's hit Turkish ensemble comedy, a fast, warm family farce about keeping up appearances that lands most of its big laughs.
Yes. It is a lively, well-cast Turkish family comedy that delivers plenty of laughs, best for viewers who enjoy farce and don't mind broad humour and a few dated jokes.