In 1924, young Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) begins training at the Beijing Opera House Read More »
Tag Archives: Chinese
Jungle Heat (1985) Jobic Wong, Sam J. Jones, Christopher Doyle, Bobby Ming
Towards the end of the Vietnam war, the US is running low on drivers for their supplies Read More »
Frozen / Jidu hanleng (1996) Xiaoshuai Wang, Hongsheng Jia, Xiaoqing Ma, Yu Bai
A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. Read More »
Youth (Spring) AKA Qingchun (2023) Wang Bing
Liming is a worker district close to Shanghai – the richest city in China. Read More »
Watermarks: Three Letters from China (2013) Luc Schaedler
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people Read More »
Mon Mon Mon Monsters / Guai guai guai guaiwu! (2017) Giddens Ko, Eugenie Liu, Kent Tsai, Yu-Kai Teng
Shu-Wei is a high school student who is constantly bullied by his classmates. Read More »
Longing for the Rain / Chunmeng (2013) Tian-yi Yang, Siyuan Zhao, Jia Fu, Pongpazroj Dej
Fang Lei, a Beijing housewife, is leading a peaceful and affluent life with her husband and daughter. Read More »
A Touch of Zen / Xia nü (1971) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. Read More »
Dust in the wind / Lian lian feng chen (1986) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-fen Hsin, Lawrence Ko
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day Read More »
Balloon AKA Qi qiu (2019) Pema Tseden, Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will. Read More »