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A Better Tomorrow

These are the Newcomers, 21st century filmmakers who have yet to establish themselves in one category or another.

Rise of the Legend (Roy Chow, 2014)

Rise of the Legend (Roy Chow, 2014)

Every generation gets the Wong Fei-hung they deserve. A fin-de-siècle doctor and martial arts instructor, the real life Wong has been inspiring cinematic incarnations for most of the history of Hong Kong’s film industry. The first was in a series of productions running form the late 1940s to the

Mr. Six (Guan Hu, 2015)

Mr. Six (Guan Hu, 2015)

Playing this week at the Pacific Place is Mr. Six, a gangster drama which earned star Feng Xiaogang the Best Actor award at this past Golden Horse Awards (which are held annually in Taiwan and honor Chinese-language film). Feng plays Mr. Six, an aging Beijing street tough, now in his

Mojin: The Lost Legend (Wu Ershan, 2015)

Mojin: The Lost Legend (Wu Ershan, 2015)

International treasure Shu Qi stars in this blockbuster effects-driven film out of China, opening this week at the Pacific Place. One of a trio of grave robbers, Shu Qi and her compatriots Chen Kun and Huang Bo find themselves roped into a scheme to dig up a MacGuffin from an

Temporary Family (Cheuk Wan-chi, 2014)

Temporary Family (Cheuk Wan-chi, 2014)

Reading the description for this comedy about people in the Hong Kong forced to share a luxury flat while they try to flip it in an over-competitive bubble market, I was hoping for a Hong Kong version of The More the Merrier, the 1943 George Stevens movie in which Jean

Four Ways to Die in My Hometown (Chai Chunya, 2013)

Four Ways to Die in My Hometown (Chai Chunya, 2013)

In the early 20th century, a number of intrepid researchers delved deep into rural America, looking to record the last vestiges of our-preindustrial past — folk songs, Scotch-Irish ballads, itinerant blues musicians, backwoods gospel preachers and singers. One collection of these recordings, compiled by Harry Smith and released in 1952, The

Bends (Flora Lau, 2013)

Bends (Flora Lau, 2013)

Veteran Hong Kong actress Carina Lau in a starring role (she’s outstanding in supporting performances in movie like Days of Being Wild or He’s a Woman, She’s a Man) was the main reason I chose to see this film, and on that front at least, it did

For a Few Bullets (Pan Anzi, 2016)

For a Few Bullets (Pan Anzi, 2016)

Opening yesterday here in Seattle after debuting a week ago in China, For a Few Bullets is a goofy adventure film, a mishmash of references as haphazardly assembled as its not-quite-Leone title. Set in 1940, it’s a treasure hunt chase movie, with a con man enlisted by a Chinese