Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Flora Lau
Starring: Carina Lau | Chen Kun | Lawrence Cheng | Stephanie Che | Tian Yuan
Kyle says: “BENDS is the opening title of the seventh season of ContemporAsian screenings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Most films offer so little that it is tempting to go overboard in praising something as wonderful
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Rating: 4.3 cats
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Angelababy | Carina Lau | Chao You-ting | Feng Shaofeng | Ling Geng-xin
Jason says: “I’ve got to confess: When I hoped for more Detective Dee movies after seeing MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME a couple years ago, I didn’t really think I’d get them. Happily, it seemed the people of China also
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Hark Tsui
Starring: Andy Lau | Bingbing Li | Carina Lau | Chao Deng | Tony Leung Ka-fai
Jason says: “DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME hits a lot of my sweet spots – it can be described as a Chinese martial-arts take on Sherlock Holmes, with a blockbuster budget, Tsui Hark directing with abandon,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Bai Li | Carina Lau | Jacky Cheung | Lesley Cheung | Maggie Cheung
Jason says: “I saw and reviewed ASHES OF TIME three and a half years ago, when it played as part of a series of director Wong Kar-wai’s films at the Brattle Theatre. I was not particularly impressed at the time,
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Siu Fai Mak | Wai Keung Lau
Starring: Andy Lau | Anthony Chau-Sang Wong | Carina Lau | Daoming Chen | Edison Chen | Eric Tsang | Kelly Chen | Leon Lai | Sammi Cheng | Shawn Yue | Tony Leung
Bruce says: “IA3 is comprised of what is left over from the first two films in the INFERNAL AFFAIRS trilogy. It is somewhat of a Hong Kong MULHOLLAND DR. which is both curse and compliment. “As complicated as the first
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Starring: Andy Lau | Carina Lau | Jacky Cheung | Leslie Cheung | Maggie Cheung | Rebecca Pan
Bruce says: “While for some time THE DAYS OF BEING WILD has been available for viewing at home in the room of your choice, it has never before had a theatrical release in the United States. Made in 1991, it
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