Film & TV Editor

Hidzir has been plying his trade as a music journalist & film critic for over a decade. He was the former music editor at Bandwagon Asia, JUICE Singapore and Deezer Asia. He also freelances for publications such as VICE, MTV Asia, & RedBull.com, among many others.

Hidzir

A24’s artful, auteur-driven TV shows are starting to be just as interesting as their films

Hidzir·September 7, 2022

Although frequently overshadowed by the arthouse distributor’s older, more prestigious film division, A24‘s burgeoning television counterpart is quietly...

3 min read

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 must-see African films

Hidzir·August 29, 2022

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema is a quarterly column, where film editor Hidzir Junaini spotlights underseen gems from...

6 min read

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 outstanding Asian films to watch on MUBI

Hidzir·August 9, 2022

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema is a quarterly column, where film editor Hidzir Junaini spotlights underseen gems from...

5 min read

Fire of Love is a moving, magical and mesmerizing documentary of volcanic romance

Hidzir·July 25, 2022

Not many people would be brave enough to peer directly into the mouth of an active volcano, feeling...

2 min read

Nathan Fielder helps people practice for real life in his surreal docu-comedy The Rehearsal

Hidzir·July 11, 2022

Over the past decade, cringe comedian Nathan Fielder has satirized the “reality television” formula to hilarious heights of...

4 min read

Only Murders in the Building continues to be a hilariously meta satire of true crime podcasts

Hidzir·June 21, 2022

The freshman season of Only Murders in the Building unexpectedly turned out to be one of the breakout...

3 min read

The Northman is a ruthlessly visceral and brutally glorious Viking epic from Robert Eggers

Hidzir·May 17, 2022

The Northman, the third film from arthouse auteur Robert Eggers, is a guttural, savage and ferocious 10th century...

4 min read

Top Gun: Maverick isn’t just a perfect blockbuster – it’s one of the greatest sequels ever made

Hidzir·May 17, 2022

The original Top Gun was the quintessential 1980s movie. Is it perfect? Far from it. Does it age...

5 min read

Hacks is a darkly hilarious love letter to the pain and toil of stand-up comedy

Hidzir·May 7, 2022

Hacks was far and away the best new show of 2021. The HBO dramedy’s freshman season navigated the...

5 min read

The Wire creator David Simon revisits Baltimore police corruption in We Own This City

Hidzir·April 20, 2022

David Simon is the greatest television storyteller of all-time. While his masterful series have historically been underseen and...

5 min read

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A24’s artful, auteur-driven TV shows are starting to be just as interesting as their films

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 must-see African films

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 outstanding Asian films to watch on MUBI

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Hidzir

A24’s artful, auteur-driven TV shows are starting to be just as interesting as their films

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 must-see African films

Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 outstanding Asian films to watch on MUBI

Fire of Love is a moving, magical and mesmerizing documentary of volcanic romance

Nathan Fielder helps people practice for real life in his surreal docu-comedy The Rehearsal

Only Murders in the Building continues to be a hilariously meta satire of true crime podcasts

The Northman is a ruthlessly visceral and brutally glorious Viking epic from Robert Eggers

Top Gun: Maverick isn’t just a perfect blockbuster – it’s one of the greatest sequels ever made

Hacks is a darkly hilarious love letter to the pain and toil of stand-up comedy

The Wire creator David Simon revisits Baltimore police corruption in We Own This City