Chinese Cinema(s)
Chang Cheh’s Five Shaolin Masters: A Favorite of None
It’s not one of Chang’s best, that’s for sure.
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Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Is Sports Genre as a Love Triangle
Johnnie To is well known in the West for his action and crime films but, the populist that he is, he’s also a prolific director of romances and musicals. Entire books have been written on…
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The One-Armed Swordsman and Its Interesting Complications
As one of the most important wuxia ever made, I came to The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) for Shaw Brothers production quality and one-armed fighting but that’s not what made me fall in love with this…
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Sakra and the Legacy of Donnie Yen
On the proverbial Mount Rushmore of cinematic martial artists, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung are gimmes. The debate follows them: Bruce Lee, Tony Jaa, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, Cheng Pei-pei, Stephen…
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Zhang Yimou Does It Again
Zhang Yimou’s newest film– his 25th feature film depending, on what you count*– opens with one of the great shots of his career: a one or two-minute bird’s eye view oner tracking a group of…
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Love Under Capitalism in Comrades, Almost a Love Story
“It was winter and cold and we were two lonely people keeping each other warm.” One of the great Hong Kong romances, director Peter Chan doesn’t consider his own Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)…
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