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…

A Writer’s Odyssey (Lu Yang, 2021)

Given the number of effects-driven fantasy wuxia films that have come out in China in recent years…

Limbo (Soi Cheang, 2021)

Soi Cheang’s latest film might have been a continuation of the SPL series. He directed SPL 2, with the original’s…

In Front of Your Face (Hong Sangsoo, 2021)

Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature, his second this year, is his first film not to feature…

Raging Fire (Benny Chan, 2021)

Director Benny Chan died almost one year ago, just as he was finishing his final film, the Donnie Yen…

Kung Fu Stuntmen (Wei Junzi, 2020)

Wei Junzi’s documentary Kung Fu Stuntmen is about exactly what it says it is: the people who made…

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, 2021)

Cloudy Mountain (Li Jun, 2021)

The big hit of this past Mid-Autumn Festival season on Chinese screens was Cloudy Mountain, the latest in…

Crazy Samurai Musashi (Shimomura Yûji, 2020)

Legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi has defeated the champion of the Yoshioka clan…