Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Starring: Chen Li | Daoming Chen | Fan Xu | Guoqiang Zhang | Jin Chen | Jingchu Zhang | Yi Lu
Jason says: “It’s not hard to get the wrong impression of AFTERSHOCK; the poster in the theater lobby notes that it was released in IMAX (interestingly, though showing the North American release date, the text on that one-sheet is almost
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Starring: Fan Liao | Hanyu Zhang | Jun Hu | Yuan Wenkang
Jason says: “One probably wouldn’t name a war movie RETREAT!, although that’s what the assembly call of the film’s title means – fall back and regroup. There is, after all, a time for soldiers to be fierce and a time
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Starring: Daniel Wu | Xun Zhou | You Ge | Ziyi Zhang
Jason says: “Even in an age where period martial-arts epics have been made by the likes of Ang Lee, Kaige Chen, and Zhang Yimou, THE BANQUET stands out as high-gloss. Much of the behind-the-scenes crew worked on CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN
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