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Coffin Homes (Fruit Chan, 2021)
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Coffin Homes (Fruit Chan, 2021)

Feb 24, 2022 3 min read
Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon
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Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon

A few weeks ago, Adam and Josh at the Filmspotting [https://www.filmspotting.net/] podcast invited me to help curate a selection of 2010s Chinese-language movies for them to talk about on their show. I was more than happy to help, as I’ve been a fan of the show
Nov 1, 2019 13 min read
Fruit Chan Capsule Reviews
Fruit Chan

Fruit Chan Capsule Reviews

Finale in Blood (1993) — October 14, 2019 Fruit Chan’s second film. I’ve been unable to track down his first, 1991’s Five Lonely Hearts. This one’s a ghost story, basically a scuzzier version of Stanley Kwan’s Rouge (Ann Hui’s The Secret comes to mind too)
Aug 10, 2019 7 min read
The Midnight After (Fruit Chan, 2014)
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The Midnight After (Fruit Chan, 2014)

The end of the world, maybe. A late-night minibus, packed with commuters traveling from (if my geography is correct) the center of the city to one of its satellite neighborhoods, seems to drive instead into the Twilight Zone: everyone else in Hong Kong seemingly disappears, and then the passengers themselves
Sep 26, 2014 2 min read
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