All articles by John Berra – Page 2
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Reviews‘Bad Education’: Bifan Review
Three Taiwanese high school graduates embark on a night of increasing peversity in Kai Ko’s directorial debut
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Reviews‘A Song Sung Blue’: Cannes Review
Geng Zihan’s dreamlike debut offers a layered, fresh perspective in this Chinese coming-of-age drama
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Reviews‘From You’: Jeonju Review
Jeonju prizewinner from South Korea explores the anxieties of artistic pursuits
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Reviews‘There Is A Stone’: Jeonju Review
Japan-set meditation about the connection between strangers wins top prize at Jeonju
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Reviews‘Ride On’: Review
Jackie Chan rides an effortless return to form in this story of a stuntman which draws heavily on his own life
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Reviews‘Full River Red’: Review
Shen Teng and Jackson Yee are tasked with solving a murder in Zhang Yimou’s rousing period actioner
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Reviews‘The Wandering Earth II’: Review
Frant Gwo’s hotly anticipated science fiction sequel builds on the scale of the smash hit original
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Reviews‘The Matchmaker’: Venice Review
Dilligent, focused and thought-provoking portrait of notorious British jihadist Tooba Gondal
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Reviews‘Alienoid’: Review
Choi Dong-hoon hops between eras in the first instalment of his ambitious mash-up of sci-fi and historical fantasy
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Reviews‘Return To Dust’: Berlin Review
Anchored by an authentic relationship Li Ruijun’s portrait of provincial China is his most moving yet
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Reviews‘Snipers’: Review
Zhang Yimou joins hands with his daughter Mo with this efficient Lunar New Year sharpshooter drama
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Reviews‘Railway Heroes’: Review
Stirring take of China’s Eastern resistance heroes in the snowy battles against the Japanese
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Reviews‘Third Time Lucky’: Tokyo Review
Tadashi Nohara’s directorial debut focuses on unfulfilled lives and fraying relationships
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Reviews‘24’: Busan Review
Royston Tan’s latest art-house charmer follows a sound engineer on a journey across 24 different environments
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Reviews‘Pedro’: Busan Review
Natesh Hegde’s ruminative character study follows a man ostracised from his community
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Reviews‘Spiritwalker’: Review
Body-swap thriller from Yoon Jae-keun get its premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival
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Reviews‘Ripples Of Life’: Cannes Review
For his second feature, Wei Shujun serves up a satricial exploration of the pursuit of authenticity