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Hidden Blade (Cheng Er, 2023)

Hidden Blade (Cheng Er, 2023)

When Hidden Blade was first announced, it was called Anonymous (a literal translation of its Chinese title “無名”) and stated to be the third part of a propaganda trilogy which included Andrew Lau’s 2021 COVID drama Chinese Doctors and the first (but not the second?) part of The Battle

Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000)

Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000)

2000 was a watershed year in Chinese-language cinema. The year of milestones like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and In the Mood for Love and Yi yi alongside lesser-known but equally important films like Jia Zhangke’s Platform, and Jiang Wen’s Devils on the Doorstep, Johnnie To’s Needing You…

Our Time Will Come (Ann Hui, 2017)

Our Time Will Come (Ann Hui, 2017)

The most anticipated, and almost assuredly the best, World War II film of the summer, by one of the greatest filmmakers of the past forty years, opens here tomorrow exclusively at the Pacific Place: director Ann Hui’s Our Time Will Come . Based on true events in the resistance against

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Tsui Hark, 2011)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Tsui Hark, 2011)

Tsui Hark’s second variation on Kung Hu’s masterpiece, after 1992’s New Dragon Gate Inn (nominally directed by Raymond Lee). While that version added Tsui’s Blues–movie style sexual complications and gender-ambiguity along with a healthy dose of cannibalism while minimizing the fighting, this one ramps up