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WUYONG (2007)

Jon W. — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:19:47 +0000

Award-winning director Jia Zhangke’s documentary Useless weaves a three-part tale about the Chinese clothing industry. The documentary opens in the textile factories of Guangdong, where workers hunch over massive machines day in day out for low pay, before moving to Paris where fashion designer Ma Ke is unveiling her new collection of organic, avant-garde, haute couture designs. Running counter to the clothing industry’s culture of mass production and reproduction, her new line “Wu Yong”, meaning “Useless”, lends the film its title, and forms the heart of the documentary. The third act of the film travels to a tailor shop in a dusty mining town in Shanxi. Using a down-to-earth montage of people and places, Useless brings out the significance of clothing, and the different faces and sectors of modern China.

Director: Zhangke Jia. AKA 无用 / Useless
Stars: Ke Ma.
Cinematographers: Zhangke Jia, Nelson Lik-wai Yu.
Composer: Giong Lim.

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XÍCH LÔ (1995)

Jon W. — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:52:40 +0000

A “cyclo” is a bicycle-drawn taxi similar to a rickshaw, and, in this story, the nickname of an 18-year-old boy trying to scrape together a living in the desperate poverty of Ho Chi Mihn City. Cyclo lives with his grandfather and two sisters, and drives his taxi for a bitter woman who devotes most of her time to her mentally unstable son. When the pedal-cab is stolen, Cyclo is forced into a life of crime to repay the debt and falls in with a group of petty thugs led by a self-styled poet. What Cyclo doesn’t know at first is that the poet is also a pimp, and he’s been using his romantic wiles to lure Cyclo’s older sister into a career as a prostitute.

Director: Anh Hung Tran. (as Tran Anh Hung). AKA Cyclo
Writer: Anh Hung Tran. (as Tran Anh Hung).
Stars: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Quynh Nhu, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Ngo Vu Quang Hal, Tuyet Ngan Nguyen, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy, Vo Vinh Phuc, Le Kinh Huy, Pham Ngoc Lieu, Tuân Anh Lê, Le Cong Tuan Anh, Van Day Nguyen, Bui Thi Mingh Duc, Thinh Trinh, Din Tho Nguyen, Viet Thang Nguyen, Thanh Lam, Gia Khoan, Huang Kiem, Mao Can, Chu Hung, Manh Cuong Tran, Quoc Hung Tran, Truong Thanh Nghi, Pham Hai Truong, Loc Tran, Minh Tuan Tran, Van Dung Nguyen, Pham Duy Huong, Le Thai Ngoc Hoan, Ba Phan Chalatoan, Dang Minh Chau, Van Loi Train, Le Anh Son, Phan Van Nhun, Dang Van Duc, Nhat Yu Tran, Huu Chau Nguyen, Thai Ong Lai.
Cinematographer: Benoît Delhomme.
Composer: Tiêt Tôn-Thât.

1995 Venice Film Festival – Winner of the Golden Lion.

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TIAN MI MI (1996)

Jon W. — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:17:51 +0000

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan. AKA Comrades: Almost a Love Story / 甜蜜蜜
Writer: Ivy Ho.
Stars: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yeung, Christopher Doyle, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Irene Tsu, Yu Ting, Michelle Gabriel, Jane Choi, Gine lui, Heather Traber, Len Berdick, Robin Gold, Bobby Yip, Dora Ng, Chi Ming Woo, Adrian Kwan, Yeung Ting, Crystal Sun, Pui-jing Ding.
Cinematographer: Jingle Ma.
Composers: Jun Fun Chiu, Tsang-Hei Chiu.

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YOU HUA HAO HAO SHUO (1997)

Jon W. — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:23:17 +0000

A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer. The lover’s and the onlooker’s lives intertwine as two people collaborate. The onlooker’s fate faces an unpredictable turn and mirrors the lover’s life.

Director: Yimou Zhang. AKA Keep Cool 有话好好说 / 有話好好說
Writer: Ping Shu (novel & screenplay).
Stars: Wen Jiang, Baotian Li, Ying Qu, Xinyi Liu.
Cinematographer: Yue Lü.
Composer: Tianshuo Zang.

1997 Venice Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Lion.

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ZHENG YUE SHI WU ZHI YI SHENG YI SHI (1994)

Jon W. — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:22:42 +0000

Sequel to Thou Shalt Not Swear. Chow reteams with Lau to investigate a murder. Chow’s wife is the suspect! The victims are those who cheats on their wives.

Director: Wellson Chin. AKA 正月十五之一生一世 / The Third Full Moon.
Writers: Wellson Chin, Yin-Han Chow.
Stars: Michael Man-Kin Chow, Dennis Chan, Ching Wan Lau, Tats Lau, Lan Law, Ivy Leung, Jamie Luk, Man-Fai Tam, Rongguang Yu.

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WO AI CHU FANG (1997)

Jon W. — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:46:29 +0000

When Aggie’s grandmother, her last living relative, dies, she is taken in by hairdresser acquaintance Louie, and Emma his transsexual ‘mother’. With warmth and affection the two slowly arouse Aggie from her listless state and nurture her back to life. Kitchen uses food as a constant metaphor throughout the film to explore emotional states and to symbolise the depth of unexplored feelings. When tragedy strikes again with sickly premonition, both Louie and Aggie are forced to revisit their grief, triggering unresolved issues.

Director: Ho Yim. AKA Kitchen / 我愛廚房
Writers: Ho Yim, Terence Lai (co-writer), Banana Yoshimoto (novel).
Stars: Jordan Chan, Yasuko Tomita, Kar-Ying Law, Karen Mok, Siu-Ming Lau, Koon-Lan Law.
Cinematographer: Hang-Sang Poon.
Composer: Yoshihide Ôtomo.

1997 Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Bear.
1997 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo.

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CHAT YUET SAP SEI (1993)

Jon W. — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:31:17 +0000

Two undercover cops are forced to be a team to find a serial killer. Chow is straight-laced and Lau has ESP. The victims were all childhood friends. The killer is a ghost!

Director: Wellson Chin. AKA 七月十四 / Thou Shalt Not Swear
Writers: Abe Kwong Man-Wai, Lawrence Lau Jun-Wai, Taures Chow Yin-Han.
Stars: Michael Chow Man-Kin, Lau Ching-Wan, Jennifer Chan Ming-Chan, Ronald Wong Ban, Helena Law Lan, Kingdom Yuen King-Tan, Eva Lai Yin-Shan, Michael Tiu Dai-Yue, Cheung Kwok-Keung, Isabel Leung Pooi-Woo, Cha Chuen-Yee, Tats Lau Yi-Tat, Rico Chung Kai-Cheong, Sze-Ma Wah-Lung.

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ASHES OF TIME (1994) [THEATRICAL CUT]

Jon W. — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:26:20 +0000

In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ou-yang Feng lives the life of a vagabond, controlling a network of deadly assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as seasons, friends and enemies come and go, he begins to reflect back upon the origin of his solitude.

Director: Wong Kar-Wai.
Writers: Wong Kar-Wai, Louis Cha (novel).
Stars: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Maggie Cheung, Charlie Yeung.
Cinematographers: Christopher Doyle, Pun Leung Kwan.
Composers: Frankie Chan, Roel A. García.

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