Reyzando Nawara

Reyzando Nawara is a passionate film and TV writer based in Indonesia. He’s a big fan of Mia Hansen-Løve, Alex Ross Perry, and Noah Baumbach. When he’s not busy telling people to watch Halt and Catch Fire, or at work, he likes to spend his days making sorbet and cooking.

‘Pachinko’ review: Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung delivers a breathtaking performance in this epic tale of immigrant resilience [Grade: A-]

Min Jin Lee’s sophomore novel Pachinko is a stunning book about the life of a three-generation Korean family living in… Read More

March 11, 2022

‘Never Have I Ever’ season 2 review: Mindy Kaling’s coming-of-age dramedy is still charming and even more life-affirming

When the first season of Never Have I Ever debuted on Netflix last year, people expected it to be a… Read More

July 12, 2021

‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’ review: Annie Murphy blows up sitcom tropes with intriguing results

A man-child husband. His nice, supportive wife who becomes the butt of the joke. A suburban house. A laugh track.… Read More

June 7, 2021

Interview: Jayro Bustamante on ‘La Llorona’ and the significance of the film to Guatemalan people

The folklore of La Llorona, or also known as the weeping woman, has been told plenty of times before in… Read More

March 8, 2021

Interview: Adarsh Gourav (‘The White Tiger’) on working with Ramin Bahrani and his detailed preparation for the role of Balram

The story of class divide is not entirely new anymore in movies. Yet in Ramin Bahrani’s crime drama The White… Read More

February 24, 2021

Interview: Director and writer Lee Isaac Chung on ‘Minari’ and connecting to a family simply as human beings

Lee Isaac Chung’s fourth directorial feature Minari is, among many things, a deeply American story. It centers on a Korean… Read More

February 9, 2021

Interview: Director Joko Anwar on the inspiration behind Indonesia’s Oscar submission ‘Impetigore’

Joko Anwar’s sixth directorial effort, Satan’s Slaves (2017), which was also the highest-grossing horror film in Indonesia, was deemed as… Read More

January 23, 2021

Film Review: Riz Ahmed stuns again in ‘Mogul Mowgli,’ Bassam Tariq’s powerful exploration of cultural identity

Riz Ahmed is on a roll this year. Following his titanic, career-best performance as a drummer on a journey of… Read More

October 29, 2020

TV Review: ‘Pen15’ season two shows the transformative power of friendship and tweens’ imagination

Smells like tween spirit (Erica Parise/Hulu) There’s a brilliant visual gag in Hulu’s middle-school raunchy comedy PEN15. Co-creators and lead… Read More

September 8, 2020

TV Review: ‘The Boys’ finds its momentum in a grittier and deeper second season

What The Boys does to deconstruct the basic tropes of superhero and comic-book formula isn’t exactly bold and new. Watchmen,… Read More

August 24, 2020

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