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Country: Hong Kong/Mainland China
Genre: Drama
Director: Chen Kaige
Year: 1993
Rating:
ESSENTIAL MOVIE
Continuing my reviews of art films with the impact of the most tawdry trash cinema, we come to probably the most wrenching historical drama ever made, Farewell My Concubine, starring the awesome trio of Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, and Zhang Feng-Yi, the last of whom holds […]
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Country: China
Genre: Drama/Martial Arts
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Year: 2006
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
The Legend of the Black Scorpion is a very odd movie. It’s a combination of leisurely and elaborately art directed set pieces, intricate and coded court intrigues, and surprisingly bloody kung fu battles of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon variety, courtesy of master martial arts choreographer […]
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Country: China
Genre: Martial Arts/ Art
Director: Zhang Yimou
Year: 2007
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Director Zhang Yimou used to make intimate and exquisite art movies when he was first starting out in China. I guess he decided that should make some money at some point. He directed the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games recently held in Beijing. […]
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Country: China
Genre: Martial Arts
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Year: 1983
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I am not generally a big fan of the Shaw Brothers martials arts pictures, but I felt it was my duty to watch 8 Diagram Pole Fighter because it is considered an absolute classic of the genre.
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter has the heavily stylized, artificial […]
