Showing posts with label chinese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chinese. Show all posts
Friday, 1 November 2024

A patriotic poem.

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Full River Red (China; 2023) Director:  Zhang Yimou 'Full River Red' is a patriotic poem written by Yue Fei, a Chinese general durin...
Friday, 24 November 2023

Beyond strengthening ties?

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Under the guise of surveillance, imperial powers went to all four corners of the world. Their true intentions, as was eventually discovered ...
Thursday, 5 October 2023

Chinese Top Gun?

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Born to Fly (Chinese, 2023) Written, Directed: Lin Xiaoshi The ending says it all. Anyone who invades Chinese airspace will be resolutely sh...
Friday, 10 December 2021

5000 years of civilisation given due recognition?

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Shang-Chi and The Legend of Ten Rings (2021) Gone are the times when Hollywood made movies that overtly mocked cultures other than Western o...
Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Obey Fu Manchu Or Every Living Thing Will Die!

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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) Director: Don Sharp A film like this, made in the 21st century, would be wrong by all accounts. Words like cult...
Saturday, 23 January 2021

Regrets we may have a few...

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2046 (Cantonese; 2004) Writer, Director: Wong Kar-Wai Our life is like a moving speed-train. We catch glimpses of experiences that excite us...
Thursday, 21 January 2021

In the mood?

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In the Mood for Love (Cantonese; 2000) Director: Wong Kar-wai This film must surely be a fruit of a labour of love. It is such a joyful expe...
Monday, 2 March 2020

To tell or not to tell?

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The Farewell (2019) I first heard this story as being narrated by Lulu Wang in the podcast 'American Life'. It tells Lulu's...