Mina ParkFive Philippine films you can play in the US and Canada
Filipiñana is the Philippines' Oscar submission. Five other films were already on Netflix, Prime Video, the Criterion Channel, and Tubi in the US and Canada on October 30.
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5 Vietnamese films to watch after Madame in Saigon
Loved Madame in Saigon? Five Vietnamese films you can actually find next: Song Lang for Saigon stage world, The Third Wife for period power, Furie for action heat, The Scent of Green Papaya for the Oscar gateway, and Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell for Cannes slow cinema.
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5 Asian American directors who scaled from indie to tentpole
Five Asian American directors who proved indie specificity can scale: Destin Daniel Cretton on Spider-Man opening day, Justin Lin, Chloé Zhao, Lee Isaac Chung, and Lulu Wang.
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5 Hong Kong films to watch after Daniel Wu's return
Five Hong Kong films for the queue after Daniel Wu's Cold War 1994 return and NYAFF Best from the East: the prequel itself, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Night King, We're Nothing at All, and Overheard.
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5 Asian Canadian books to start with
Five starter Asian Canadian books by mood: a Korean diaspora spy novel, a Toronto nail-salon family comedy, a Filipino Canadian second-chance romance, a Calgary-born fantasy classic, and a Giller-winning short story collection.
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5 Asian horror movies for late summer
Five Asian horror films that build a Halloween runway without a drama dump: Ringu for cursed-media dread, The Wailing for folk fog, Train to Busan for kinetic zombie cinema (plus its August 4K theatrical return), Exhuma for occult blockbuster scale, and Impetigore for Indonesian folklore prestige.
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5 Indian films to watch before Ramayana
Five Indian films that train the eye for Ramayana's Diwali 2026 bet: Baahubali 2 for two-part epic scale, RRR for Western crossover heat, KGF Chapter 2 for Yash's mass grammar, Dangal for Nitesh Tiwari's emotional blockbuster, and Ponniyin Selvan I for literary epic craft.
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The Goldscene Desk5 night markets still worth the drive in August
Five August 2026 night markets that still justify the trip: Richmond for North America's largest Asian-style market, 626 Arcadia for the SoCal destination weekend, Queens for last Saturdays before the US Open break, Toronto Waterfront for a ticketed lantern weekend, and Argyle Chicago for Uptown Thursdays through late August.
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5 dramas to queue after Agent Kim ends
Finished Agent Kim Reactivated? Five next watches by lane: So Ji-sub’s harder noir, a daughter’s revenge sprint, uncle-niece assassin family on Disney+, parent-protection supers, and July’s school-catharsis binge.
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5 anime to watch before Comic-Con week actually starts talking
Five anime that make this week’s San Diego panels land: a modern Gundam on-ramp, My Hero Academia after its true finale, Castle in the Sky for Ghibli’s 40th, Sailor Moon for the Sunday room, and one comfort rewatch for Otakon recovery.
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5 rising Asian indie artists for your late-summer playlist
Five Asian and Asian-diaspora artists making the season more interesting, from Jemerine Chan's self-produced pop to HANRORO's searching Korean rock and Wasia Project's after-dark chamber pop.
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8 K-dramas premiering in July 2026 that are not all on Netflix
A platform-by-platform July 2026 K-drama premiere list for diaspora viewers: Disney+ idol rom-com, KBS thriller debuts, Netflix horror-fantasy, and the chart holdovers still worth catching up on.
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4 K-dramas owning Netflix's global top 10 right now
A July 2026 snapshot of the Korean dramas actually charting on Netflix's global non-English top 10: what each show is, why it broke through, and which one matches your weekend mood.
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10 Asian-owned beauty brands North American shoppers should know
Ten Asian-founded or Asia-rooted beauty brands with real North American retail or e-commerce presence, selected for shoppers building a routine beyond Sephora aisle defaults.
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10 K-dramas worth starting with in 2026
A ranked starter list for viewers new to K-drama: ten series that teach format, tone, and fandom habits without requiring a 120-episode historical epic on day one.
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10 diaspora food festivals to bookmark for summer 2026
Ten pan-Asian and diaspora food festivals across North America worth planning around in summer 2026, from night markets to waterfront weekends and theme-park-adjacent Japanese fairs.
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10 Asian Canadian writers worth adding to your stack
Ten Asian Canadian writers to start with after CBC Books' wider reading map: spy, horror, grief comedy, memoir, queer YA, romance, fantasy, comics, mystery, and Giller-winning literary fiction.
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