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Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

Vietnamese Cinema

Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

Ugly people don’t exist in Victor Vu's worlds, for better and worse.

Review: Crimson Snout (2023) dir. Luu Thanh Luan

Review: Crimson Snout (2023) dir. Luu Thanh Luan

A perplexing quasi-pro-vegan horror film about a crazed demon dog.

Review: Mai (2024) dir. Trấn Thành

Review: Mai (2024) dir. Trấn Thành

Vietnam’s box office appears to be one of the fastest growing audiences in Southeast Asia. Almost every year the country produces a new all-time box-office regent and the country’s newly minted highest-grossing film of all time, Mai, has also become Vietnam’s greatest success abroad. Director Trấn Thành

The Last Wife — Victor Vu

The Last Wife — Victor Vu

At its best, The Last Wife calls back to a different era of filmmaking.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell & Ten Months

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell & Ten Months

INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL (2023) — dir. Pham Thien An The winner of the Caméra d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell will surely join the ranks as the latest surefire Letterboxd-type cinephile slow-cinema favorite. A Vietnamese language film co-produced by Vietnam, Singapore,