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July 17, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Bullet in the Head (1990)
director John Woo Woo’s eye-stinging viciousness and tender-heartedness each reach their apex in this film, a simultaneous evocation of the Hong Kong of Woo’s youth in the 60s and the harsh war zone of Vietnam during the war with the United States. But it sometimes seems as if the two extremes are from completely separate …
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July 16, 2003 •
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Vogue Fish •
Comments Off on Cyclo (1996) VT
director Tran Anh Hung} 129 min This is one of the very best movies I have ever seen. I realize that is a rather debatable opinion, in part because most people, in the United States, at least, have never even heard of this movie. If you were lucky enough to
July 15, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Branded to Kill (1967)
director Seijun Suzuki Seijun Suzuki didn’t aim very small on this one. He wasn’t dealing with acute little issues. No, Seijun went straight for the big ones here. This is a movie about life and death, and all the tension and competition in
July 12, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Blade, The (1995)
director Tsui Hark Color 104 min Director Tsui Hark is possibly the baddest-assed badass in the history of filmmaking and a wholly unique quantity in film history. In 1980 he almost single-handedly started the Hong Kong new wave with Warriors from the Magic
July 3, 2003 •
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Comments Off on C’est La Vie, Mon Cheri (1994)
director Tung-Shing Yee 98 min One of the sweetest, gentlest films. Ever. This well-paced, well-measured romance rocketed actors Anita Yuen and Lau Ching-Wan to moviestardom and insured that director Derek Yee would be able to keep making films for a number
June 30, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Chinese Feast, The (1995)
Leslie stars as a reckless young chef in training who, with the help of master cook Cheu Man-check (Wong Fei-Hung in the last two installments of the Once Upon a Time in China series), do battle with bear claws, flying people and Chinese haute cuisine. Tsui
June 29, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Zigeunerweizen (1980)
After being black-balled in the film industry, Seijun Suzuki’s dramatic comeback film was first projected in a tent next to the Tokyo Dome. It promptly became recognized as an important movie and it soon garnered Best Picture and Best Director awards at
June 29, 2003 •
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Comments Off on Big Heat, The (1988)
director Tsui Hark This is the most violent cops n’ robbers movie ever. Surprised? Before John Woo created Hard Boiled, this movie sported a similarily huge body count. While not as technically impressive as Hard Boiled, the film does have one thing the
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