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Friday, December 1st, 2006
A spell binding and often perplexing vision - it’s Wong Kai-wai’s much anticipated sequel to In the Mood for Love… (more…)

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Barking Dogs Never Bite

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Biting social satire meets hilarious black comedy. Laugh or the dog gets it… (more…)

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Beautiful Boxer

Thursday, December 29th, 2005
You couldn’t make it up! The bizarre true story of the man who became Thailand’s most famous kick-boxer to pay for an operation to become a woman… (more…)

Posted in Drama, Films, Martial arts, Reviews, Thailand | No Comments »

Breaking The Silence

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Gong Li stars in this moving drama about a mother bringing up her deaf child alone… (more…)

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Chihwaseon

Thursday, March 8th, 2007
A beautiful film by veteran filmmaker Im Kwon-taek with a fine performance by Oldboy’s Choi Min-sik, but suffers from covering far too long a period… (more…)

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Days of Being Wild

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)

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Hana

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s thoughtful and hilarious take on the samurai genre… (more…)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Films, Japan, Reviews, Wuxia / Swordplay | No Comments »

I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay

Monday, March 31st, 2008
We always knew director Park Chan-wook would do something different after his acclaimed vengeance trilogy (Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance) – but were we expecting this? (more…)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Films, Reviews, South Korea | No Comments »

Kekexili: Mountain Patrol

Thursday, September 21st, 2006
A thought provoking and beautiful movie, the second movie from Lu Chuan (The Missing Gun) is a real winner - and finally getting the release it deserves… (more…)

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Lust, Caution: a preview and Q & A with Ang Lee

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

A special preview of Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, followed by a conversation with the director himself… (more…)

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My Blueberry Nights at UK cinemas

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Wong Kar-wai’s first English language film, My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, is on release in the UK from today.

The official site can be found here:
http://www.myblueberrynightsmovie.co.uk/

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Once Upon A Time In High School

Friday, April 14th, 2006
The spirit of Bruce Lee lives on in this poignant high school drama… (more…)

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The Curse Of The Golden Flower

Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Director Zhang Yimou’s latest swordplay inspired movie is a visual delight, but this one won’t please the martial arts fans… (more…)

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The King Of Masks

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
Beautifully crafted, superbly told - surely this is one film that should always be in those ‘Top 100′ movie lists? If only people knew about it… (more…)

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Three films by Tsai Ming-liang

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
An introduction to the work of director Tsai Ming-liang, both beautiful and confrontational. We look at I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, The Wayward Cloud and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Just don’t expect a lot of dialogue… (more…)

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Tony Takitani

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Director Jun Ichikawa’s beautifully understated reading of a short story by Haruki Murakami is a touching study of loneliness… (more…)

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Wild Search

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s Chow Yun-fat gives one of the finest performances of his career in his third and best collaboration with director Ringo Lam. But action fans expecting the high octane experience of Full Contact beware… (more…)

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Zhou Yu’s Train

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Director Sun Zhou’s second collaboration with Gong Li after Breaking The Silence, a drama about a aspiring poet, a ceramic artist and a vet is not unlike a love poem itself - beautiful, fleeting and sometimes a little flowery… (more…)

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