Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.4
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Ankhnyam Ragchaa | Basen Zhabu | Feng Shaofeng | Shawn Dou Xiao | Yin Zhusheng
Jason says: “I’ve got a rule of thumb that may not apply to everybody, but which has treated me fairly well: When a foreign, documentary, or otherwise limited-release movie plays on a 3D or IMAX screen usually reserved for much
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Ann Hui
Starring: Ding Jiali | Feng Shaofeng | Hao Lei | Huang Xuan | Tang Wei | Wang Zhiwen | Zhu Yawen
Jason says: “Most of the descriptions of Xiao Hong biography THE GOLDEN ERA spend some time talking about what made her remarkable as a writer, and the film does give those of us not terribly familiar with 1930s Chinese literature
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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 cats
Director: Wuershan
Starring: Chen Kun | Chen Tingjia | Feng Shaofeng | Kris Phillip | Yang Mini | Zhao Wei | Zhou Xun
Jason says: “Newcomers should not be too put-off by the fact that PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION has a subtitle or a roman numeral depending on whether the title is written in English or Chinese; the first text on the screen
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