Tag: Chinese

Jeremy Clarke - 19-10-2022

A married detective investigating the death of a climber becomes obsessed with the victim’s wife, who looks increasingly like the dead man's murderer – now on various VoD platforms. [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 13-10-2019

A young man falls in love with a demon resembling alternately a woman and a giant snake, in this Chinese animated feature – now on Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 17-09-2019

Based on a real lie! Upbeat film about family and terminal illness subtly explores the vast, cultural gulf between West and East - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2019

Aspiring actress has to grapple with lewd and manipulative filmmaker, in cleverly multilayered psychological drama from China - on Mubi on Tuesday, July 13th [Read More...]

Ben Flanagan - 15-02-2019

Wang Xiaoshuai's weepie is a highlight of Berlinale, with a vastly and rapidly changing China the political backdrop for intense family tragedy - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

Madelaine Byford - 27-12-2018

Little-known dubbing technique stretches and compresses words, rendering multilingual films homely and natural to audiences wherever they are [Read More...]

Madelaine Byford - 19-12-2018

Do you think Snow White is a European fairy tale? Think again! Snow White's actual name was Lady Yang Guifei, she was a real person and lived in China 1,300 years ago. And she is now returning to her roots! [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 11-04-2018

Born this way, reborn that way! Groundbreaking Chinese fantasy animation follows girl who transforms into dolphin and fights to bring a boy back to life, in a story about rebirth in different shapes and forms - in cinemas from Wednesday 18th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 26-02-2018

Where crime meets grime! Gritty and barren-looking Chinese city of Ordos is the backdrop to a morally ambiguous family drama about corruption and greed - from the Glasgow Film Festival [Read More...]

Richard Greenhill - 14-12-2017

Between the sword and the Great Wall: compelling melodrama shines a pertinent light on the everyday experiences of China, and the constant struggle between tradition and modernity - on Arrow Player on Friday, April 9th [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 27-10-2017

Asian sex workers form a cohesive immigrant community within the wider world of English-speaking London, in convincing drama out in cinemas Friday, July 20th. [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 05-10-2017

Fist of parental fury: mute villager fights hard to find his missing son in rural China, in a film teeming with extraordinary social commentary and... fighting!!! From the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]