China
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Martial arts fans anticipating Sammo Hung Kam-bo’s first directorial effort in close to 20 years will be left sorely disappointed by The Bodyguard. Read my review Read More
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Seven years after his debut feature One Night In Supermarket, writer-director Yang Qing turns in another comedic crime caper set in his hometown of Chongqing. Read my review Read More
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For many mainstream filmgoers, Farewell My Concubine is perhaps the best-known Chinese language film of the 1990s, helped in no end by its success at the Cannes Film Festival. Read… Read More
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Cheang Pou-soi’s sequel to his own 2014 monster hit ($168m in China alone) is a considerably more coherent and assured production, boasting slick visuals and spirited central performances from Aaron… Read More
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Acclaimed director Feng Xiaogang stars as an ailing, retired gangster, who returns to the fray after a group of rich-kid punks kidnap his teenage son. Read my review Read More
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Chen Sicheng follows up romantic anthology Beijing Love Story (2014) with this high-energy crime caper in which a down-at-heel detective in Bangkok’s Chinatown goes on the run after being implicated… Read More
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After breaking box office records in China with his 2012 film, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, director Wuershan returns with the star-studded fantasy adventure Mojin – The Lost Legend, which follows… Read More
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Xu Zheng follows up the success of his hit comedy Lost In Thailand by heading south for a spiritual, if not actual, sequel. Listen to my review Read More
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A film – based on the historical event – billed as “the Chinese Titanic”, The Crossing tells the true story of the Taiping, a heavily overloaded Shanghai-Taiwan ferry that sank… Read More
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Former Dreamworks animator Raman Hui has scored a major commercial success on his return to Hong Kong with Monster Hunt, a polished fantasy adventure that blends broad comedy with period… Read More
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Packed with action and steeped in tradition, Chen Kaige’s return to the wuxia genre is an exhilarating drama, as concerned with the philosophy behind martial arts as with their lethal… Read More
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The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, boasting an impressive array of selections from the best of Asian Cinema past and present. Below I’ve collected together my reviews… Read More
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Jean-Claude Van Damme continues to explore and embrace his darker side in this modest Asian action thriller, as a kidnap & rescue specialist who falls foul of organ traffickers in… Read More
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Based on Hu Xuewen’s novel Running Moonlight, actor Chen Jianbin’s directorial debut is a harsh reminder of humanity’s predatory nature, as an honest farmer’s efforts to help a young homeless… Read More
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Based on Hu Xuewen’s novel Running Moonlight, actor Chen Jianbin’s directorial debut is a harsh reminder of humanity’s predatory nature, as an honest farmer’s efforts to help a young homeless… Read More
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This week on Radio 3 I talked about local action thriller Helios, featuring a star-studded cast that includes Jackie Cheung, Nick Cheung, Chang Chen, Janice Man and Choi Siwon. The… Read More
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The Udine Far East Film Festival is currently ongoing in its idyllic Italian setting. Unfortunately I am not there this year (in fact I have never been), but I have… Read More
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