An unexpected hit as a Chinese-centric rom-com, it doesn’t just open the door wider for cultural diversity in Hollywood studio-filmmaking, but is a decent genre offering in itself.
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Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962)
Continue reading →A tale of respect and dignity between friend and foe, this influential classic birthed the legendary blind swordsman as we know it.
Orphanage, The (2019)
Continue reading →A challenging film to execute tonally, this Afghan drama with surreal insertions of Bollywood-style song-and-dance routines is refreshing to take in.
Papicha (2019)
Continue reading →This invigorating if sometimes sensationalistic film hits powerful notes at times as it portrays a young Algerian woman fighting against gender oppression.
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Continue reading →This ‘anti-vampire’ movie sees Jarmusch bring his idiosyncratic style to the well-worn genre in refreshing and poetic ways.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Continue reading →Tarantino is on (vintage) form here in this unexpectedly restrained work that is also one of the finest pictures of 2019.
Spring in a Small Town (1948)
Continue reading →One might need a historical appreciation of the progressive impact of this Chinese classic to feel its greatness, but as a film in itself, it feels quite bland and uncompelling.
Love in a Fallen City (1984)
Continue reading →It’s not a bad adaptation of Eileen Chang’s novella, but Ann Hui’s film here doesn’t really feel resonating or powerful enough to work.
Jarhead (2005)
Continue reading →A war movie that is intentionally ‘all talk but no action’—it doesn’t really make us feel for the characters, but we might just grasp the futility of being a cog in the machine.
Faces Places (2017)
Continue reading →A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.
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