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Classic Chinese Cinema: The Terrorizers
“The bombs we plant in each other are ticking away” -Edward Yang In my last 3 posts of this classic Chinese cinema series,I’ve covered cinema from Mainland and Hong Kong,today I’m introducing an...
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Classic Chinese Cinema: Running Out of Time (An Zhan)
Until today I’ve written four posts in this series,unlike the previous classic and arthouse type,today I’m gonna introduce a very entertaining flick from top-notch Hong Kong crime genre filmmaker...
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Chinese Acting School: Maggie Cheung
Today is Chinese actress Maggie Cheung‘s 48th birthday,famously known for the role she played in Wong’s phenomenal In the Mood for Love,this Oriental beauty hasn’t lost her charm a bit,and as time...
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Classic Chinese Cinema: The Personals (1998)
In March 2011,Central Motion Picture Corporation released four Taiwan masterpieces in BD+DVD packages,including The Terrorizers(Edward Yang),Vive L’Amour(Tsai Ming-liang),Tropical Fish(Chen Yu-hsun)...
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Classic Chinese Cinema: Prison on Fire (1987)
There are two versions of prison movies,one is prison break movies like Shawshank Redemption,Le Trou and A Man Escaped,the other is fantasy movies like The Green Mile.The Hong Kong film Prison on Fire...
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A Brighter Summer Day in Criterion Collection
Yeah,this is confirmed,Edward Yang’s melancholic four-hour epic A Brighter Summer Day is confirmed to be released by Criterion in both format of DVD and Blu-Ray,it would probably be the biggest and...
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Classic Chinese Cinema: Suzhou River (2000) dir. Lou Ye
On 19th this month,Chinese mainland director Lou Ye‘s new film Mystery is gonna be shown in Chinese theaters,which means his 10 year film ban in Chinese mainland is officially over.In today’s Classic...
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Double Bill: Goodbye,Dragon Inn + The Hole
From today I’m gonna run a new series called “double bill”,in this series I will try to find and emphasize the connections between two films,the connection could be virtually...
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Double Bill: Blind Shaft + Ebola Syndrome
Welcome to today’s edition of Double Bill,if you are new to this series,check out what this series is all about here. Today I’m gonna recommend two Chinese films that have one thing in common:black...
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Double Bill: Tuya’s Marriage + Mystery
Welcome to today’s edition of Double Bill,if you are new to this series,check out what this series is all about here. The connection between today’s two Chinese films is “two fathers”,interesting...
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