I originally cloned this list from the challenge here: boxd.it/zCtgO
My brain is growing. But didn’t make it all the way.
41/52 complete
12/18 Update: I’m losing runway on the year and there’s several 2025 releases I really want to see. I started in late May so I feel I’ve done a pretty great job. I’ll try and get 1 or 2 more in by years end.
Week 1 - Silent Film From Asia
Week 2 - Shomin-geki: Japanese Home Dramas
Week 3 - Asian Cinema With International Awards Recognition
Week 4 - Korean Film Archive Top 100
Week 5 - Made in Vietnam
Week 6 - Southeast Asia Top 100
Week 7 - Iranian New Wave
Week 8 - Middle East Top 100
Week 9 - Cinema of…
I originally cloned this list from the challenge here: boxd.it/zCtgO
My brain is growing. But didn’t make it all the way.
41/52 complete
12/18 Update: I’m losing runway on the year and there’s several 2025 releases I really want to see. I started in late May so I feel I’ve done a pretty great job. I’ll try and get 1 or 2 more in by years end.
Week 1 - Silent Film From Asia
Week 2 - Shomin-geki: Japanese Home Dramas
Week 3 - Asian Cinema With International Awards Recognition
Week 4 - Korean Film Archive Top 100
Week 5 - Made in Vietnam
Week 6 - Southeast Asia Top 100
Week 7 - Iranian New Wave
Week 8 - Middle East Top 100
Week 9 - Cinema of Palestine
Week 10 - Indian Experimental/ Alternative Cinema
Week 11 - Asian Coming of Age Films
Week 12 - Top 100 Yakuza Films
Week 13 - Top 100 Hong Kong
Week 14 - Directed by Jia Zhangke
Week 15 - Asian Slow Cinema
Week 16 - K or J Horror
Week 17 - Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, or Edward Yang
Week 18 - Category III Hong Kong Sleaze
Week 19 - Cinema of Pakistan
Week 20 - Mainland China Top 100
Week 21 - Directed by Lav Diaz
Week 22 - Made in Thailand
Week 23 - Indian Horror
Week 24 - Korean New Wave
Week 25 - Filipino Top 250
Week 26 - Directed by Chinese Woman
Week 27 - Scored by Toru Takemitsu
Week 28 - Asian LGBTQ
Week 29 - Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Week 30 - Directed by Korean Woman
Week 31 - Critically Beloved Anime
Week 32 - Cinema of Central Asia
Week 33 - Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Week 34 - Taiwanese film from the Top 100 NOT directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, or Edward Yang
Week 35 - Directed by Japanese Woman
Week 36 - Wuxia Films
Week 37 - Directed by Naoko Ogigami
Week 38 - Chinese Animation
Week 39 - Chinese Dissident Cinema
Week 40 - Taiyōzoku/Sun Tribe Films
Week 41 - Directed by Tsui Hark
Week 42 - Made in Indonesia
Week 43 - Made in Turkey
Week 44 - Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Week 45 - Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
Week 46 - Made in Singapore
Week 47 - Golden Harvest Studio
Week 48 - Seishun Eiga: New Japanese CinemaWeek 49 - Asian American Cinema
Week 50 - Directed by Arab Women
Week 51 - Watch the Original: Asian Edition
Week 52 - The Asian film that has been on your watchlist the longest.
