1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES

Jang Joon-hwan / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2017 / drama, suspense / 129 mins

The death of a college student by anti-communist witch hunters sparks a community of knowing and unintentional protestors. A rogue prosecutor deviates from the party line. A prison guard crosses the bars separating criminal and civilian. A student falls in love with a campus organizer. As the drama escalates in scope and complexity, the film intensifies with a poignancy far more convincing and urgent than most flag-waving works of Korean nationalism.

LOVE EDUCATION

Sylvia Chang / Asia Pop! / China, Taiwan / 2017 / drama, family, romance / 122 mins

A comedy of bureaucratic absurdity and a drama of long-dormant romance, LOVE EDUCATION tenderly showcases the face-off between distant relatives battling for the right to move the grave of a family member. Director and star Sylvia Chang captures the tenacious desires of three generations of women who discover that love is a lifelong education resilient to cultural transformation and social upheaval.

MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER

Asia Pop! / martial arts

We could tell you what it is, but then we'd have to make sure they are the last words you ever hear again.

TAKE ME TO THE MOON

Hsieh Chun-yi / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2017 / fantasy, music, romantic comedy / 105 mins

The time travel teen musical rom-com you’ve been waiting for is here. In 2017, a fateful encounter gives the dejected Cheng-hsiang the chance to go back in time twenty years, to when he and his high school compadres were in a rock band called Moon, graduation was imminent, and his lifelong crush Emma hadn’t yet gotten away. Cheng-hsiang has three days to relive his youth and re-route history to prevent the tragedies ahead that only he knows will befall his best friends.