The Chinese Cinema Index
This is the top-level index for my writings on Chinese-language film. As a general organizing principle, I’m adapting the categories Andrew Sarris used in his book The American Cinema. Click the name of the director (or studio, movement, film series, or era) to find a subindex of reviews, essays or podcasts on that subject, if there’s more than one. This is a work in progress. I suspect it won’t ever be finished.
Introduction
Why “The Chinese Cinema”?
The 36th Chamber
Chang Cheh
Hou Hsiao-hsien
King Hu
Ann Hui
Jia Zhangke
Lau Kar-leung
Johnnie To
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsui Hark
Wong Kar-wai
John Woo
Edward Yang
Fallen Angels
Fruit Chan
Peter Chan
Sylvia Chang
Soi Cheang
Mabel Cheung and Alex Law
Stephen Chow
Fei Mu
Michael Hui
Sammo Hung
Jiang Wen
Stanley Kwan
Ringo Lam
Ang Lee
Li Han-hsiang
Liu Jiayin
Pang Ho-cheung
Patrick Tam
Herman Yau
Tricky Brains
Bi Gan
Ching Siu-tung
Diao Yinan
Han Yan
Kuei Chi-hung
Joseph Kuo
Jeffrey Lau
Luo Li
Heiward Mak
Vivian Qu
Derek Tsang
Wai Ka-fai
Xin Yukun
Evan Yang
Ying Liang
Ronny Yu
Chor Yuen
Corey Yuen
Yuen Woo-ping
Devils on the Doorstep
João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
JP Sniadecki and the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab
Fellow Travelers
Japan
Hamaguchi Ryūsuke
Iwai Shunji
Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Miike Takashi
Obayashi Nobuhiko
Ohku Akiko
Shimomura Yûji
Sono Sion
Yamashita Nobuhiro
Korea
Bong Joonho
Hong Sangsoo
Kim Jeewoon
India
Singapore
Anthony Chen
Eric Khoo
Thailand
Nattawut Poonpiriya
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Wisit Sasanatieng
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Vietnam
Lê Thanh Sơn
Charlie Nguyen
It’s a Drink, It’s a Bomb!
Teddy Chan
Chen Kaige
Raman Hui
Dante Lam
Andrew Lau
Lo Wei
Longman Leung & Sunny Luk
Lou Ye
Poon Man-kit
Zhang Yimou
Good Men, Good Women
Benny Chan
Chen Sicheng
Feng Xiaogang
Stephen Fung
Han Han
Ho Meng-hua
Clifton Ko
Derek Kwok
Lau Kar-wing
Johnny Ma
Wong Jing
Wu Ma
Cathy Yan
Derek Yee
Crippled Avengers
Gordon Chan
Chung Mong-hong
Ding Sheng
Jason Kwan
Daniel Lee
Alan Mak & Felix Chong
Xu Haofeng
Taylor Wong
Wilson Yip
The Enigmatic Cases
Casey Chan
Hsu Tsung-hung
Hu Bo
Raymond Lee
Keith Li
Lo Lieh
Angela Mak
Johnny Mak
Peter Mak
Mang Hoi
Shu Kei
So Jing-man
Wu Nien-jen
Yee Chung-man
Richard Yeung Keun
Zhao Wei
A Better Tomorrow
Bai Xue
Bao Baier
Cai Chengjie
Chai Chunya
Antony Chan
Chan Chi-fat
Chan Kin-long
Sunny Chan
Chan Tze-woon
Chen Hung-i & Wei Ying-chuan
Chen Yu-hsun
Cheng Er
Cheuk Wan-chi
Chin Ka-lok
Roy Chow
Cui Siwei
Dong Yue
Fei Xing
Ho Yuhang
Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers
Huang Bo
Guan Hu
Frant Gwo
Derek Hui
Kam Ka-wai
Alan Lau
Flora Lau
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Jonathan Li
Li Jun
Ferris Lin
René Liu
Liu Yulin
Lu Yuan-chi
Man Lim-chung
Nero & Stephen Ng
Pan Anzi
Kearan Pang
Qiu Sheng
Rao Xiaozhi
Song Fang
Su Lun
Chapman To
Wei Junzi
Wen Zhang
Amp Wong & Ji Zhao
Wong Ching-po
Wong Chun
Norris Wong
Wu Ershan
Matt Wu
Xue Xiaolu
Yang Chao
Yang Lina
Yang Mingming
Yang Qing
Yang Shupeng
Yang Ya-che
Yang Yishu
Raymond Yip
Philip Yung
Zhang Jiajia
Zhao Liang
Sabrina Zhao
Multiple Directors
Unknown Pleasures
The Untold Stories
Tony Au
Anthony Chan
Evans Chan
Philip Chan
Angie Chen
Alex Cheung
Alfred Cheung
Jacob Cheung
Derek Chiu
Clarence Fok
Allen Fong
Eddie Fong
Lawrence Ah Mon
Ricky Lau
Clara Law
Po-Chih Leong
Patrick Lung Kong
Michael Mak
Sun Chang
Tong Kai
Tsui Siu-ming
Kirk Wong
Wong Tin-lam
Teresa Woo
Yim Ho
Yonfan
Dennis Yu
I Wish I Knew
Lu Yang
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Wang Bing
Wang Xiaoshuai
Xie Jin
Once Upon a Time in China
Bu Wancang
Cai Chusheng
Dan Duyu
Fang Peilin
Hou Yao
Sun Yu
Wu Yonggang
Yuan Muzhi
Zheng Shichaun
Stray Dogs
Chen Kun-ho
Chen Mei-juin
Hsiao Chu-chen
Huang Yu-shan
Lee Hsing
Tso Nam Lee
Wan Jen
Yang Li-chou
Zhuang Xiangzeng
Winners & Sinners
Jackie Chan
Grace Chang
Kwan Tak-hing
Bruce Lee
Moon Lee
Jet Li
Karl Maka
Angela Mao
Sandra Ng
Veronica Ngô
Cynthia Rothrock
Ruan Lingyu
Josephine Siao
Jimmy Wang Yu
Wu Jing
Donnie Yen
Michelle Yeoh
Yuen Biao
Zhang Ziyi
Capsule Reviews
The Odd One Dies
Cinema City
Milkyway Image
Jevons Au, Frank Hui & Vicky Wong
Patrick Leung
Hard-Boiled Killers
Kung Fu Cult Masters
The Shaolin Cinematic Universe
30 Essential Wuxia Films
Lust, Caution
She Shoots Straight
The In the Line of Duty Series
The Spooky Bunch
Strange Tales
The Chinese Cinema List
My Contemporary Chinese Cinema column at The Notebook
Chinese Cinema Today
The 50 Best Chinese Language Films of the 21st Century
150 of the Best Chinese Language Films of All-Time
The Top 113 Chinese Language Films of the 2010s
Both Sides Now: Women in Chinese Film at the DC Chinese Film Festival
Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon
