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The Raquel Report: iQIYI's Queen of Triads, Snipers, and Wild Agents

  • Sean Gilman

Sean Gilman

30 Jan 2025 • 15 min read
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The Raquel Report: iQIYI's Queen of Triads, Snipers, and Wild Agents

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All the Lovers in the Night (Sode Yukiko, 2026)

All the Lovers in the Night (Sode Yukiko, 2026)

This review appeared in somewhat different form as part of the Cannes coverage at InReview Online. Sode Yukiko’s slice-of-life epic clocks in at just under two and a half hours, but feels more alive than that daunting runtime may suggest. Centered on an extremely shy woman who
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The Shadow Strays (Timo Tjahjanto, 2024)

The Shadow Strays (Timo Tjahjanto, 2024)

Originally published in a slightly different form over at InReview Online in September 2024. We truly are in a golden age of action cinema. From every corner of the globe, with budgets high, low, and in-between, remarkably fit men and women are beating the hell out of each other
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What to Watch After You've Watched The Furious (Or Before, That's Perfectly Fine Too)

What to Watch After You've Watched The Furious (Or Before, That's Perfectly Fine Too)

A user's guide to the artists behind the year's hottest action movie
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