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Drunken Angel (1948)

January 14, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Small Town, The (1997)

January 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ebola Syndrome (1996)

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Basilisks, The (1963)

January 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Seventh Horse of the Sun, The (1992)

January 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Chess Game of the Wind, The (1976)

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage (1966)

January 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Yellow Cat (2020)

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Soul (2020)

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blackpink: Light Up the Sky (2020)

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

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Tag / China

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Shadow (2018)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2018, China, Zhang, Yimou
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A return to form in some ways, Zhang’s monochrome martial-arts drama is visually gorgeous but not always compelling.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Great Wall, The (2016)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2016, China, Zhang, Yimou
  • 1 Comment

Fairly entertaining inasmuch as it is a CG-fest ‘historical fantasy’ with spectacular visual flourishes, but ultimately generic and mechanical in its execution.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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December 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

City Dream (2019)

  • Others
  • 2019, China, Documentary
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An old feisty street seller and his poor family fight for their right to make a living as local authorities demand their relocation in this engrossing, and at times, hilarious documentary filmed in pre-COVID Wuhan. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 25, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Coming Home (2014)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2014, China, Zhang, Yimou
  • 1 Comment

The plot may involve repetition, but the dramatic power of its execution sees Zhang return close to the form of his early 1990s works.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Flowers of War, The (2011)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2011, China, Zhang, Yimou
  • 1 Comment

A surprisingly uneven film with a lack of character and historical focus on 1937 Nanking.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Three Sisters (2012)

  • Wang Bing
  • 2012, China, Hong Kong, Wang Bing
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The China that you won’t see, as Wang Bing observes with tenderness the daily lives of a young girl and her siblings in a poor rural village in Yunnan province. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2010, China, Zhang, Yimou
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A beautiful love story, directed and acted with such artful simplicity that it is difficult not to fall in love with its purity.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, A (2009)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2009, China, Zhang, Yimou
  • 1 Comment

Possibly the worst film in Zhang Yimou’s career, this remake of the Coens’ ‘Blood Simple’ is a travesty on every count.

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5.

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December 5, 2020December 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2004, China, Zhang Yimou
  • 2 Comments

Zhang Yimou’s best film of the 2000s decade, this is a drama-cum-tragedy that is never uncomfortable to reveal its sentimentalism amid stunning action set-pieces.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Story of Qiu Ju, The (1992)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 1992, China, Zhang Yimou
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This culturally vibrant but slowly-paced drama lacks the emotional pull that Zhang Yimou’s earlier films are famous for. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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