A poetic and quietly-resonating feature debut that is slow but never meandering, plus it features one of the year’s most extraordinary tracking shots.
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Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2019)
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Wild Goose Lake, The (2019)
A stylish work with visual flourishes and audacious, violent set-pieces, but this ‘killer-on-the-run’ effort by the promising Diao Yi’nan seems fated to fall flat in its storytelling as it progresses.
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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
This Golden Berlin Bear winner is a superbly crafted crime mystery with the requisite suspense, unease and grit that will leave you haunted.
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Horse Thief, The (1986)
This is experimental filmmaking on an epic scale, and also one of the greatest pictures to emerge from China’s Fifth Generation.
Great Magician, The (2011)
Though backed by a strong cast, this is a movie of two halves with an inconsistent tone.
So Long, My Son (2019)
The devastating impact of China’s ‘one-child’ policy is laid bare in this heart-breaking, decades-spanning epic by Wang Xiaoshuai.
