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If the prospect of several days alone with your loving family over the holidays fills you with a sense of dread, or if you just need some me time to fill those lazy winter days, The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual pick of the best binge-worthy international TV series has you covered. Take a break with an intoxicating Japanese-French family drama about wine and power, deconstruct the life and work of Franz Kafka within a new Austrian mini-series, or dive deep into the cutthroat world of international fishing with a new Norwegian comedy that’s Succession… with salmon.

Read the full article here on hollywoodreporter.com.
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Which international TV series would you recommend for a holiday watch?
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The Nipple Talk (Taiwan) | Release: November 1

The romantic sex comedy centers on Pony and her college friends exploring what kind of relationship they want, thereby portraying gender, sexual orientation, and relationship diversity as vital parts of Taiwan’s multiculturalism. The series features a spectrum of characters including heterosexual, gay, and lesbian people, drag queens, as well as covering non-binary and transgender identities.
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Which are your favorite Asian LGBTQ+ dramas and why would you recommend them? Do you have any favorite Asian dramas or characters that have felt LGBTQ+ without explicitly claiming the label?
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This week, I'd love to hear about your favorite tropes in Asian dramas and the shows that managed to execute them perfectly. Or have you watched a show that featured a trope you usually dislike but in a way that somehow still worked for you? What tropes would you like to see more often of in our current batch of new drama releases? 

If there's interest, I would love to make another post dedicated to our favorite queer Asian dramas.

Last but not least: Please have a look at the shiny new tags for k-dramas and j-dramas! Thank you so much, mods! 🥰
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As part of the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024, you can now stream Downtown Rocket and RIKUOH until July 2 11:00 pm (EDT) here.



Summary and trailer under the cut. )
Which J-/K-/C-dramas are you currently watching, and why would you (not) recommend them?
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From the website: The Japan Foundation holds its third edition, the largest one ever for a month. A variety of 23 films will be delivered during the first two weeks, followed by two TV drama series for the subsequent two weeks. These will be streamed for free with subtitles in up to 16 languages, available in up to 27 countries/regions.
 
From June 4 11:00pm - July 2 11:00pm (EDT), you can check out the available movies on the website. The two TV shows, which will be shown from June 18 11:00 pm - July 2 11:00 pm (EDT), are Downtown Rocket and RIKUOH.
 
Short summary and trailer under the cut. )
Which Japanese movies or TV shows have caught your attention in the past?

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