Articles in Mainland China Movie Reviews
Dong (2006) Movie Review
“Dong” is a companion piece to Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s prize winning “Still Life”, and both played at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. Interestingly, it was this documentary which was actually planned first, with the joint project coming about after Jia was invited to the area by a painter to capture his work on film. [...]
June 3rd, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MoreMongolian Ping Pong (2005) Movie Review
“Mongolian Ping Pong” was the second film from Chinese director Ning Hao, whose next effort “Crazy Stone” went on to be one of the country’s biggest and best hits of 2006. However, despite its title, which seems to suggest some kind of wacky sports action, “Ping Pong” is actually a documentary style look at that [...]
May 24th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MoreTuya’s Marriage (2006) Movie Review
Director Wang Quan’an’s “Tuya’s Marriage” has attained a high profile for a film which might otherwise have slipped under the international radar, thanks to a surprise win at the 57th Berlin Film Festival, where it took home the prestigious Golden Bear Award. As with Wang’s other films, “Tuya’s Marriage” again sees him tackling the difficult [...]
May 16th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MoreThe Knot (2006) Movie Review
“The Knot” is of some significance in being the first joint blockbuster production between Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the first to use a Chinese company for its expansive digital effects work. Boasting a big cast of stars and an ambitious story which takes place in a variety of countries and periods of [...]
March 6th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MoreThe 601st Phone Call (2006) Movie Review
“The 601st Phone Call” marks the directorial debut of popular television actor Zhang Guoli, who was featured in a couple of films by Feng Xiaogang, who here lends his support to Guoli’s film as producer. The film also provides Zhou Bichang, the first runner up of the famous Chinese ‘Super Girl’ singing contest with her [...]
February 28th, 2007 | James Mudge | 1 comment | Read MoreStill Life (2006) Movie Review
“Still Life”, the latest film from Sixth Generation Chinese director Jia Zhangke, caused a stir in 2006 as a last minute entry to the Venice International Film Festival, and surprised many critics by winning the coveted Golden Lion award. In hindsight, it’s perhaps not too difficult to see why the film might have appealed so [...]
February 2nd, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MorePeacock (2005) Movie Review
Although the likes of “Curse of the Golden Flower” and other glamorous, big budget costume epics have grabbed headlines with their preening and posturing, arguably one of the most significant films to come from China in recent years has in fact been “Peacock”, a quiet, low budget character driven drama which managed a massive 30 [...]
January 19th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read MoreLetter from an Unknown Woman (2004) Movie Review
“Letter from an Unknown Woman” is mainland Chinese director/actress Xu Jinglei’s 2004 take on Austrian writer Stefan Zweig’s novella, which had already been adapted for the screen to great acclaim in 1948 by Max Ophuls. The film won Xu the Silver Seashell award for Best Director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, adding to [...]
January 15th, 2007 | James Mudge | 3 comments | Read MoreCurse of the Golden Flower (2006) Movie Review
The first word which springs to mind when considering Zhang Yimou’s latest effort, “Curse of the Golden Flower”, is ‘breasts’. Crude though this may seem for an Oscar-primed film from one of China’s foremost directors, it’s simply impossible to ignore the fact that the film’s entire female cast spend most of the running time seemingly [...]
January 1st, 2007 | James Mudge | 2 comments | Read MoreThe Banquet (2006) Movie Review
It’s hard not to look upon Mainland Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s latest film “The Banquet” without a certain cynicism, since it in every way seems to be yet another would-be big budget martial arts epic made with the international market in mind. It’s the kind of film Chinese film makers still seem to believe Western [...]
November 14th, 2006 | James Mudge | 0 comments | Read More
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