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‘Arnold is a Model Student’ REVIEW: Bad students, worse governments

Arnold is a Model Student shows rallying students and activists side by side to make everyone realize how oppression exists in all forms, a subtle jab at the current Thai administration that curtails its people’s basic right to free speech. The school is indeed a microcosm of the community, where the principal and the head of the country both boil down to a single, authoritarian evil.

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‘Autobiography’ REVIEW: Solid debut on the downside of power and loyalty

Autobiography is very much a product of its home country. Due to similarities in customs and social issues presented in the film, other Southeast Asian audiences might find the film hitting close to home. Its structure feels familiar but what makes it stand out in this year's releases is its coherency and brilliance in all areas.

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‘You Can Live Forever’ REVIEW: Young love stands the test of time and faith

Having grown up in a Jehovah Witness community, Sarah Watts definitely succeeded in achieving her main purpose of making this. With the help of her co-director Mark Slutsky, You Can Live Forever turned out to be a sweet and tender sapphic drama that was made with such passion and care for its subject material.

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‘Asian Shorts’ REVIEW: Gorgeously Shot Socially Relevant Cinema from Asia

This year’s Asian Shorts film program for QCinema features a diverse selection of socially relevant films from filmmakers from China, Nepal, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In their own ways they each deal with issues that afflict their local communities and continue to exemplify the unbridled power of cinema as a tool for reflection on the state of human society today.

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‘Nang Maglublob Ako sa Isang Mangkok ng Liwanag’ REVIEW: A triumph of Philippine trans cinema

‘Nang Maglublob Ako sa Isang Mangkok ng Liwanag’ is proof that it is not enough to imagine a better world and humane conditions for our trans folks and queer siblings because only when we actively act on achieving this can it truly materialize, which speaks of what trans cinema really means.

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