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As You Were (2014)

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Babylon (2022)

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Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Bellissima (1951)

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Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

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Golden Globes 2023 Prediction

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Cure (1997)

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Tag / Hong Kong

November 17, 2022November 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Center Stage (1991)

  • Kwan, Stanley
  • 1991, Hong Kong, Stanley Kwan
  • 1 Comment

The director’s cut does sometimes feel its length, but otherwise this is a solid biopic by Stanley Kwan about one of the most eminent Chinese actresses from early 20th century, played by a stunning Maggie Cheung.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Heroic Trio, The (1993)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 1993, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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To deliberately takes B-movie action preposterousness to wildly delirious levels in this work of inventive imagination and delightful campiness. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 12, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Rouge (1987)

  • Criterion Collection, Kwan, Stanley
  • 1987, Hong Kong, Stanley Kwan
  • 2 Comments

Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star in this movie straddling between two eras with a ghost story in the mix, directed by Stanley Kwan with a strong sense of melancholy and nostalgia.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hand, The (2004)

  • Criterion Collection, Wong, Kar Wai
  • 2004, Hong Kong, Wong, Kar Wai
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Wong’s expanded version of his short for the ‘Eros’ anthology is more erotic and fatalistic than usual, and also an aesthetic and thematic extension of the world he created with ‘In the Mood for Love’.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 5, 2022November 17, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love Unto Waste (1986)

  • Kwan, Stanley
  • 1986, Hong Kong, Stanley Kwan
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This early underrated work from Stanley Kwan may seem like it is all over the place in terms of tone and storytelling, but he just about pulls it off in its depiction of wasted youth and listlessness.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lan Yu (2001)

  • Kwan, Stanley
  • 2001, China, Hong Kong, Stanley Kwan
  • 2 Comments

Stanley Kwan’s gay drama, set in 1980s Beijing, feels more impressionistic than a deeply-felt journey with its characters, though the performances are compelling enough to overcome its rather lean narrative.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Three (2016)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2016, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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To’s odd anti-action structural experiment takes too long to build up a self-contained story set in a hospital ward as doctors, cops and criminals try to outwit one another psychologically, that when the action comes, it feels like a stylistic distraction.    

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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March 5, 2022May 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Revolution of Our Times (2021)

  • Others
  • 2021, Documentary, Hong Kong
  • 1 Comment

This politically stirring and at times truly heartbreaking Golden Horse-winning documentary gives us that intense journalistic, on the ground experience of the 2019 Hong Kong protests from start to end.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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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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July 28, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Police Story 2 (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Others
  • 1988, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan
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Chan does his stunts and comedy with aplomb, but this sequel is let down by a wafer-thin plot and poor pacing.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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