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Recent Posts
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- Another gold medal, another world record for Mondo Duplantis
- In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
- “A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
- Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
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China Archive
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Winners of the 15th Asian Film Awards
Meniscus MagazinePosted on October 8, 2021 | No CommentsKiyoshi Kurosawa's "Wife of a Spy" took home three honors, while South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun won the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award. -
“Present. Perfect.” (完美現在時) – 2019 SDAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 10, 2019 | No CommentsShengzhe Zhu’s documentary elicits sympathy for its subjects - a number of live streamers in China - while alluding to the dangers of excessive, passive consumption. -
“Mrs. Fang” – 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on July 10, 2018 | No CommentsThe greatest triumph of "Mrs. Fang" is perhaps how little it takes to say so much about the complex rituals of death as a communal experience. -
“Youth” (芳华) – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 25, 2018 | No CommentsCentred around three People’s Liberation Army dance troupe members as they live through ‘70s and ‘80s China, “Youth” (芳华) is the latest from Feng Xiaogang. -
Film Review: Stephen Chow’s “The Mermaid”
Christopher BournePosted on July 12, 2016 | No CommentsStephen Chow, the beloved Hong Kong auteur, now has a major jewel to add to his crown with his latest film, the manic ecological parable “The Mermaid.” -
Film Review: Raman Hui’s “Monster Hunt”
Christopher BournePosted on January 29, 2016 | No CommentsAs far as hybrid CG animation/live-action blockbusters go, “Monster Hunt” is certainly one of the weirdest films in Chinese box-office history. -
Film Review: Tsui Hark’s “The Taking of Tiger Mountain”
Christopher BournePosted on January 5, 2015 | No Comments"The Taking of Tiger Mountain" revamps a popular 1957 novel set during the Chinese Civil War and turns it into a 3D extravaganza, with mixed results. -
“Five Minutes to Tomorrow” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 13, 2014 | No CommentsThe issues of time and identity surface in multiple ways in the latest feature by Isao Yukisada ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World"). -
Han Han’s “The Continent” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on October 7, 2014 | No CommentsIn Han Han’s debut feature, “The Continent” (后会无期), the general premise of the road trip movie is used to tell a melancholic tale about three men. -
“The Coffin in the Mountain” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on September 26, 2014 | No CommentsFirst-time filmmaker Xin Yukun tackles the messiness of human connection in "The Coffin in the Mountain" (殯棺), a picture obsessed with ritual.