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A 2009 Japanese take on the usual Outbreak formula sees a deadly virus threatening the country and the staff of an overwhelmed hospital: PANDEMIC | This week's #cineXtremes entry!

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February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Joko Anwar’s 2024 shocker follows a woman obsessed with the religious fear of eternal torment after death: GRAVE TORTURE ★★★★ | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!

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February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Peter Yung’s near lost crime drama makes a welcome return: THE SYSTEM ★★★★½ | Part of the M+ Restored programme from the #mplusmuseum

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February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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n editor restoring a lost silent Filipino horror film releases a demon in Nikolas Red’s directorial debut: POSTHOUSE | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!

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January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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What's this? Song Kang-ho and Youn Yuh-jung to appear in season 2 of @netflix.com's BEEF? 😳
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Know thyself! The Japan Foundation’s annual Touring Film Programme returns for 2026 - This season’s programme hits 34 cinemas under the theme, “Knowing Me, Knowing You: The True Self in Japanese Cinema” #jpflondon

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January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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The goofier but still charming follow up to the wild spectacle of Peacock King: SAGA OF THE PHOENIX | Available on Blu-Ray now from #88_Films

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January 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Derek Yee’s 2010 follow-up to Double Tap and One Nite in Mongkok offers more shootouts and hardboiled crime drama: TRIPLE TAP | This week's #cineXtremes entry!

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January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Catch a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE at #BFI IMAX this Saturday before it's release from 23 January with director Park Chan-wook in attendance. Park will also be at an IMAX screening of OLDBOY on Friday! #MUBI

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January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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The war drama that became China’s Oscars submission: DEAD TO RIGHTS | Recently screened as part of #asianworldff 2025

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January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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A cop accidentally releases a female ghost from a banana plantation, resulting in romance, melodrama and wacky supernatural hijinks: THE CASE OF THE SPIRIT OF BANANA | This week's #cineXtremes entry!

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January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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We're very sad to hear of the passing of Ahn Sung-ki. 😢 We had teh pleasure of taking part in a group interview some 11 years ago.

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January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Cheng Pei-Pei and Kao Yuen unravel a deadly mystery in wuxia spectacle from Lo Wei: THE GOLDEN SWORD ★★★★½ | Available as part of @shoutstudios.bsky.social Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 1!

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January 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Recrimination doesn’t have to be bitter to hurt: THE TOWN WITHIN REACH ★★★★ | Part of #Metrograph's Memories of a Vietnamese Cinema season. www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Hua Shan presents a horror-infused wuxia tale with a touch of sex and gore: BLOODY PARROT ★★★★½ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's Shawscope Volume Four!

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December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Sect intrigue and heroics in this great wuxia film from LO WEI: DEATH VALLEY ★★★★½ | Available now on Blu-ray as part of #Eurekavideo's Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World

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December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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"Perhaps they think I’m a very dangerous person" ZHU YIKUN: a New York film festival organiser forced to cancel an event at the last minute [Photo: Markus Nornes]

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December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Chor Yuen does what he does best while trying so much more for a wuxia mystery of grotesque beauty: BAT WITHOUT WINGS ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray now as part of @arrowvideo.bsky.social

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December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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An early and controversial crime thriller from Ronny Yu, shot in Amsterdam’s Chinatown: CHINA WHITE | This week's #cineXtremes entry!

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December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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“A casting director might say that's ‘uncastable’ – lesson learned!” We talk to CALIF CHONG about her feature debut HIGH WIRE | Screened as part of #BFI #LFF2025

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December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Kurosawa via Fukasaku?! It happened — and to surprising results for either’s adherents: JAKOMAN AND TETSU | Available on Blu-ray now from #88_Films

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December 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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A cheating husband and his lover must care for the corpse of his rich wife for 100 days to inherit her fortune: TOMB WATCHER | This week's #cineXtremes entry streaming now on @netflix.com!

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December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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A minimalist thriller that doesn’t quite hit the mark: STRANGER | Part of V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal from @arrowvideo.bsky.social

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December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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LILY LI stars in a fun martial arts romp with an interesting premise reminiscent of The Invisible Man in SHADOW GIRL | Available as part of @shoutstudios.bsky.social Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 6

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December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Celebrating the weirder and wacky end of the great SHAW BROTHERS studio output, @arrowvideo.bsky.social SHAWSCOPE VOLUME FOUR is out today!

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December 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM