A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)

Edward Yang’s A Brighter Summer Day¹ was released earlier this year by the Criterion…

The Chinese Cinema Index

This is the top-level index for my writings on Chinese-language film. As a general organizing principle, I’m…

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (Hong Sangsoo, 1996)

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (Hong Sangsoo, 2002)

The New One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, 1971)

The Mission (Johnnie To, 1999)

After a few rough years at the start of his Milkyway Image studio, producing great movies that never…

Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon

Why “The Chinese Cinema”?

The question of why I named this project “The Chinese Cinema” and not something else has come up more than once…

The Once Upon a Time in China Series

With the release of Criterion’s Once Upon a Time in China boxset, I’ve put all my reviews of…