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Twitch (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
To say that the critical response to Johnnie To's (mostly) English language debut Vengeance has been mixed is to be fairly kind, honestly. But, a weaker effort or not, To is To, which means a rabid legion of fans is waiting for their chance to lay hands on it. Well, here's your chance. The Hong Kong release date for both DVD and BluRay - the BluRay being Region A and therefore playable in all North...
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Taiwanese social drama "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won Chinese cinema's top honor on Saturday - a rare victory for an industry that has been overshadowed by big-budget blockbusters from rival mainland China.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars".
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars".
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars". Famed Taiwan directors Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien will join Hong Kong peers Johnnie To and Stanley Kwan to present the best director award at tonight's gala ceremony. However, another top Hong Hong film-maker, John Woo, reportedly will shun the event...
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Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
There is a story in the new print edition of Paris Match in which "The French Elvis", Johnny Hallyday seeks to dispel recent rumours about his ill health and ease the French public's concerns over one of their living national treasures. As well as promising we've far from seen the last of him yet, Hallyday goes on to tease some potential big screen appearances for the future. Hallyday, if...
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Hard Rain Falling (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Outstanding use of space, motion, and color in support of an utterly banal shot-em-up story. I struggled to enjoy it on a strictly abstract level, but ultimately couldn't ignore its narrative failings, not to mention its eye-rolling gender politics (some of which has been unjustly described as more complex than I could figure. Whatever. The only two females types in this movie are literally a mother...
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A Nutshell Review (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Photo-Fitting the Prey If Daddy's little girl got hurt, you know darn well that Daddy will spare no effort in hunting the perpetrators down, especially when the police is inept, and turning to the other side of the law for revenge seem all the more attractive. Cost isn't a factor too, since everything has a price, especially with a dad willing to sell everything just to see his brand of justice get...
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The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Hong Kong Feature Film Original Title: 黑社會 Director: Johnnie To Writers: Yau Nai Hoi, Yip Tin Shing Cinematographer: Cheng Siu Keung Composer: Lo Tayu Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Lam Ka Tung, Cheung Siu Fai, Lam Suet, Wong Tin Lam, Tam Ping Man, Maggie Shiu The biennial election for the post of chairman of the Wo Shing Society, a Triad gang in Hong...
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The Great Swifty Speaketh! (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
(What a clunky blog post title) Argh, here lies the problem with my blogging these days. Because I do it so erratically, I have to struggle to remember things. The past few days was a blur. Attending the Tokyo Film Fest, and also editing my film. Heck, it's been nearly 2 weeks since I've gotten back to Tokyo. 10th of October, a day after the Johnnie To Master Class , WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER world...
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Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Germany's Asia Filmfest arrives in Munich October 29th, bringing a program of fifty two features to big screens. Alongside a Park Chan-Wook retrospective and screenings of classics like Lady Snowblood , Enter The Dragon and The Flying Guillotine audiences will get the very best new features from all throughout Asia. Check the full list below! Asia Opening DEPARTURES (Japan 2008, Regie: Yôjirô...
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Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
“Triangle” is one of those films where the concept is more promising than the final product. Told in three 30-minute segments — with each one helmed by a different director — the movie stars Simon Yam, Louis Koo and Sun Hong Lei as a trio of drinking buddies who are down on their luck. But [...]
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The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Hong Kong Feature Film Original Title: 神探 Directors: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai Writers: Au Kin Yee, Wai Ka Fai Cinematographer: Cheng Siu Keung Composer: Xavier Jamaux Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Andy On, Lam Ka Tung, Kelly Lin, Lee Kwok Lun, Karen Lee, Flora Chan, Cheung Siu Fai, Lam Suet, Lau Kam Ling Incredibly convoluted (but pleasingly so,) To and Wai’s entertaining film - in which a...
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The Great Swifty Speaketh! (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
After the Johnnie To Master Class , I headed back to my hotel room and changed into the new suit I bought in Tokyo just days before I went to Pusan. Then immediately I went to the multiplex in Centum City where the screening was to be held. I needed to kill some time, so I went to have a look at the Shinsengae Gallery, where numerous beautiful photos of famous Korean actors and actresses were in display....
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DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Rent It The Film: Collaboration films are always a mixed bag. Some are better mixed bags than others, a la Paris Je T'aime and Three Extremes , while others can be downright disappointing. Triangle happens to be one of the substandard ones, bringing together revered action/drama director Johnnie To with a pair of other recognized Chinese filmmakers, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark, into an active yet indistinctive...
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Cat Bauer | 09/08/2008
(VENICE, ITALY) By now, you probably know that The Wrestler won the Golden Lion at La Biennele di Venezia 65. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica, otherwise known as the 65th International Venice Film Festival. If you were to translate that word by word, it would look more like The Biennial of Venice 65 Exhibit International of the Art Cinematography. To add to the confusion, La Biennale,...
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