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Fallen Angels

Xie Jin

Sean Gilman

14 Aug 2022

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Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957) – July 6, 2023
Red Detachment of Women (1961) – August 12, 2023

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The Old Woman with the Knife (Min Kyudong, 2025)

Look, I’m only human. You tell me there’s a movie where a woman plays a professional killer, and I’m in. I love Girls with Guns movies, from the certified classics starring the classy stars like Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock to the early 90s underground of Moon

15 May 2025 4 min read

Girl Students' Dormitory (Shi Shujun, 1983)

Just concluded at the BAM in New York was a very cool series of films that were set and filmed in Wuhan. Programmed by CineCina’s Frank Yan, the series explored different aspects of the city that’s become notable in recent years as the epicenter of the COVID pandemic.

09 May 2025 8 min read

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Bullet Trains (Sato Junya, 1975 & Higuchi Shinji, 2025)

02 May 2025 10 min read

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