All articles by John Berra – Page 3
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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
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Reviews‘Streetwise’ (‘Gaey Wa’r’): Cannes Review
Gritty drama from China is set in the Sichuan Province of two decades ago
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Reviews‘Moneyboys’: Cannes Review
A gay Chinese hustler struggles to cope with the disapproval of his rural family
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Reviews‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’: Cannes Review
Wen Shipei’s lacklustre Chinese hit-and-run thriller makes its international premiere as a Cannes special screening
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Reviews‘Death Knot’: Udine Review
Indonesian genre outing marks a strong - if low-budget - debut for Cornelio Sunny
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Reviews‘Before Next Spring’: Udine Review
A bright ensemble cast tackles the ups and downs of Chinese students in Japan
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Reviews‘Cliff Walkers’: Review (formerly ‘Impasse’)
Zhang Yimou masters yet another genre with this 1930s-set spy potboiler
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Reviews‘Detective Chinatown 3’: Review (Lunar New Year release)
More world-building and a ‘heightened zaniness’ in China’s answer to the F&F franchise