Engaging Chinese Myth, Science, and Adolescent Struggles, Glen Keane’s Netflix Feature Remains Trapped in Orbit.
DIRECTED BY GLEN KEANE/2020
On its s...
Awkwafina Stars in Unique Chinese Family Tale of End-of-Life Trickery.
DIRECTED BY LULU WANG/MANDARIAN/2019
My grandmother and I had a close relation...
Jia Zhangke's Latest is an Ambitiously Personal Slow Burner
DIRECTED BY JIA ZHANGKE/CHINESE; MANDARIN/2019 (U.S. Theatrical Release)
There’s no denyi...
Who Says You Can't Go Home Again?
DIRECTOR: PETER WANG/ENGLISH & MANDARIN CHINESE/1986
I forget sometimes that just a handful of decades ago Communist ...
DIRECTOR: YIMOU ZHANG/2017
The good news is that the controversial film The Great Wall is not as bad as you might have heard. The bad news is that it isn't ...
An Action-Thriller of a Political Documentary
#40: Hooligan Sparrow (2016/English and Mandarin, with English subtitles)
Director: Nanfu Wang
Street Date: ...
May Jia Zhangke's Glorious Melodrama Never Depart
DIRECTED BY JIA ZHANGKE/CHINESE, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, ENGLISH/2016 (U.S. release)
STREET DATE: July 12, 2016/...
The Orient Depress
DIRECTED BY YUAN ZHANG/MANDARIN/2013 (USA release)
The success of China’s economy has been well documented. Whenever one country can buy ...
