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Category / Hui, Ann

February 8, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Summer Snow (1995)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 1995, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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Rich characterisations adorn this talky slice-of-life drama from Ann Hui as it tackles love-hate family dynamics and dementia with bittersweet results.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love After Love (2020)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 2020, Ann Hui, China
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Ann Hui’s latest period piece has a slow-burning elegance, but despite the array of world-class talents involved—Christopher Doyle, Ryuichi Sakamoto and the late Emi Wada—and adapted from an Eileen Chang text no less, it feels too thematically shallow to work.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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August 12, 2019January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love in a Fallen City (1984)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 1984, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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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.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 30, 2018January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Song of the Exile (1990)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 1990, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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Ann Hui’s underrated work is a masterful commingling of memory, identity and diasporas.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 25, 2018January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Simple Life, A (2011)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 2011, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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Amid the laughter and tears lies a film that subtly calls to attention the fragility of human relationships, no matter how close they are, in a modern, urban society.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 25, 2018January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Golden Era, The (2014)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 2014, Ann Hui, China, Hong Kong
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A poetically-told 3-hour long account of the life story of famous Chinese writer Xiao Hong with sumptuous visuals and elegant direction.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 25, 2018January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Secret, The (1979)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 1979, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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Ann Hui’s debut feature is a confidently-mounted crime-mystery with elements of horror that will chill and thrill you.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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