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Feng Xiaogang Capsule Reviews
Feng Xiaogang

Feng Xiaogang Capsule Reviews

The Dream Factory (1997) — December 10, 2017 Feng Xiaogang’s second feature, a light comedy in which Ge You and some ex-actor pals form a company devoted to fulfilling people’s dreams, for a little while. It’s told episodically, spending a little time with each dream. One guy wants
06 Feb 2018 3 min read
I Am Not Madame Bovary (Feng Xiaogang, 2016)
Feng Xiaogang

I Am Not Madame Bovary (Feng Xiaogang, 2016)

A comedy of bureaucracy like many a film of the Romanian New Wave, but rather than the drab and bleak institutional ironies of the Eastern Bloc, Feng Xiaogang’s satire is bright and sprightly, bouncing along its tunnel visions for two and a half hours of contradiction made irresolvable by
17 Nov 2016 2 min read
Mr. Six (Guan Hu, 2015)
Guan Hu

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
04 Jan 2016 2 min read
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