Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Sean Wang
Starring: Izaac Wang | Joan Chen | Mahaela Park | Shirley Chen | Zhang Li Hua
Val says: “Having read or seen nothing about the film or its director before watching it at IFFBoston, Sean Wang’s sharing of a last name with his main character and Didi’s interest in film makes me wonder how much of
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Alan Yang
Starring: Christine Ko | Fiona Fu | Hong-Chi Lee | Joan Chen | Tzi Ma
Michael says: “I encountered three instances in the past month, in movies, or books, where someone tells a child: “Never let them see you cry,” or some BS like that. It’s usually well-meaning, and sometimes even serves the character well
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Rating: 1.5 cats
Director: Guoqiang Tang | Jackie Chan | Li Zhang | Tao Hai | Wei Li
Starring: Bingbing Li | Jackie Chan | Jaycee Chan | Joan Chen | Winston Chao
Jason says: “Jackie Chan’s hundredth movie commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the revolution that brought down the Qing Dynasty, and both of these events seem to deserve something better for commemoration than this lifeless history lecture. “1911 and 1912, for
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Jianbin Chen | Joan Chen | Liping Lu | Tao Zhao
Bruce says: “Years from now there is no doubt in my mind that Jia ZhangKe will be considered one of the great documentarians of the great Chinese migration from a planned economy to a market-driven economy. 24 CITY is a
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Yang Zhang
Starring: Ge Gao | Haiying Sun | Joan Chen | Wang Haidi | Zhang Fan
Michael says: “SUNFLOWER is Chinese director Zhang Yang’s autobiographical look at the relationship between a father and son across three turbulent decades in China. Xiangyang is born in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. As an infant, his father, Gengnian, is
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Alice Wu
Starring: Ato Essandoh | Brian Yang | David Shih | Guang Lan Koh | Jessica Hecht | Jin Wang | Joan Chen | Lynn Chen | Michelle Krusiec
Michael says: “First-time filmmaker Alice Wu has created a delightful, blend of romantic comedy and culture clash in her story about the multi-generational, Chinese-American family. Wil is a successful young surgeon in New York City, but each Friday night she
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