Category Archives: Asian

Review: Send Me to the Clouds with Yao Chen

Posted on September 25, 2019 by admin

What happens when the choices you’ve made in life go wrong? Who are you when you give up your dreams? These are some of the questions the quiet, contemplative drama Send Me to the Clouds explores. The feature debut of … Continue reading →

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Review: Line Walker 2 — old-school action from Hong Kong

Posted on August 15, 2019 by admin

Early in Line Walker 2, a hard-bitten Ching To tells his mentor that he is an “old school” cop. Here’s one movie that’s old school as well. Filled with bravura action sequences and over-the-top sentiment, it evokes the “heroic bloodshed” … Continue reading →

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Crisel Consunji on her role in the award-winning ‘Still Human’

Posted on July 9, 2019 by admin

An educator and activist as well as performer, Crisel Consunji made her feature-film debut in the Hong Kong production Still Human. In it she is Evelyn, a Filipina domestic worker hired to care for Leung, a paraplegic played by Anthony … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong star Anthony Wong: “I realized I knew nothing about acting.”

Posted on July 8, 2019 by admin

In a Hong Kong cinema known for action heroes and comedians, Anthony Wong is an anomaly. A classically trained actor, he started out in movies playing villains before branching out into a wide array of roles: policeman, music producer, martial … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

Posted on June 5, 2019 by admin

Enemies team up to hunt for a serial killer in a fun but predictable vehicle for South Korean star Don Lee. Don Lee, also known as Ma Dong-seok, steals every one of his scenes in The Gangster, The Cop, The … Continue reading →

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An Elephant Sitting Still

Posted on March 6, 2019 by admin

Characters cope with crises in a blue-collar Chinese city in a stunning debut from writer and director Hu Bo. The story behind An Elephant Sitting Still threatens to overwhelm the movie itself—that, and its four-hour running time and deeply depressing … Continue reading →

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