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‘Chicken Poets’: Meng Jinghui’s absurdist comedy explores art in an artless world

Tristan ShawApril 3, 2020

April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of that, we present Chicken Poets, a film about a poet who…

Culture

‘A Sun’: Golden Horse winner is a subtle drama about a broken family

Tristan ShawMarch 6, 2020

Now available on Netflix, A Sun is a weighty Taiwanese crime-drama filled with shocking violence and repressed emotion. Ultimately, it’ll have…

Culture

‘The Wild Goose Lake’: A grimy, neon-drenched noir from Wuhan

Tristan ShawFebruary 14, 2020

Set in Wuhan — a gritty, weird, flashing city that’s unlike the Wuhan you see in headlines today — The Wild…

Culture

Love, captured: China’s billion-dollar pre-wedding photo industry

Catherine ZauharFebruary 7, 2020

China Love, a documentary released last year by Australian filmmaker Olivia Martin-McGuire, takes a close look at China’s pre-wedding photo…

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‘So Long, My Son’ — A heartfelt examination of grief, stasis, and mass modernization

Noah LachsJanuary 24, 2020

A beautiful, heart-aching film that will live alongside China’s classics for years to come. The titular likeness that So…

Culture Featured

‘Send Me to the Clouds’: A woman’s desire to desire

Lux ChenJanuary 10, 2020

“Feminism” and “women’s cinema” remain misunderstood and stigmatized terms in modern China, which brings us to the film Send Me…

Culture Featured

Till death brings us together: ‘Love Education’ review

Lux ChenNovember 22, 2019

Despite historical turmoil and social transformations, women believe in love, search for love, sustain the institutions of love, and pay…

Culture

‘Mr. Vampire’: The definitive jiangshi movie

Tristan ShawNovember 1, 2019

To wrap up our series on Chinese horror, we turn to the jiangshi, that most quintessential of Chinese monsters. Part-vampire,…

Culture

‘Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind’: Hong Kong as alienated urban hell

Tristan ShawOctober 25, 2019

Known as the “Steven Spielberg of Asia,” Tsui Hark began his career directing horror movies, and Dangerous Encounters of the First…

Culture

‘The Enchanting Shadow’: A classic ghostly romance

Tristan ShawOctober 18, 2019

We continue the countdown to Halloween with our series on Chinese horror. This week: The Enchanting Shadow, the first Hong Kong…

Culture Featured

‘Song at Midnight’: China’s brilliant take on Phantom of the Opera

Tristan ShawOctober 11, 2019

We’re commencing the countdown to Halloween with a series of film columns about Chinese horror flicks. This week: Song at…

Culture Featured

‘Love on Delivery’: Stephen Chow’s early comedy is breezy, surreal, and funny

Tristan ShawOctober 4, 2019

Looking for a China-related film? There’s an untapped treasure trove on Netflix of all genres, from documentaries like American Factory…

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The life and work of Dai Tielang, director of ‘Black Cat Detective’

Tristan ShawSeptember 13, 2019

A cat detective. A mouse with one ear. Zany gadgets and surprising violence. Welcome to the mind of animator Dai…

Culture

‘Secrets in the Hot Spring’: A horror-comedy more silly than scary

Tristan ShawSeptember 6, 2019

Secrets in the Hot Spring is a wacky, well-intentioned take at the haunted house genre. Compared to the genre’s heyday in…

Culture Featured

‘A City of Sadness’: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s historical tragedy remains a masterpiece 30 years later

Tristan ShawAugust 23, 2019

The first Chinese-language film to ever win the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness is the…

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Film Friday

‘Chicken Poets’: Meng Jinghui’s absurdist comedy explores art in an artless world

‘A Sun’: Golden Horse winner is a subtle drama about a broken family

‘The Wild Goose Lake’: A grimy, neon-drenched noir from Wuhan

Love, captured: China’s billion-dollar pre-wedding photo industry

‘So Long, My Son’ — A heartfelt examination of grief, stasis, and mass modernization

‘Send Me to the Clouds’: A woman’s desire to desire

Till death brings us together: ‘Love Education’ review

‘Mr. Vampire’: The definitive jiangshi movie

‘Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind’: Hong Kong as alienated urban hell

‘The Enchanting Shadow’: A classic ghostly romance

‘Song at Midnight’: China’s brilliant take on Phantom of the Opera

‘Love on Delivery’: Stephen Chow’s early comedy is breezy, surreal, and funny

The life and work of Dai Tielang, director of ‘Black Cat Detective’

‘Secrets in the Hot Spring’: A horror-comedy more silly than scary

‘A City of Sadness’: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s historical tragedy remains a masterpiece 30 years later

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