All articles by John Berra – Page 3
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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
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Reviews‘A Writer’s Odyssey’: Review (Lunar New Year release)
A lavish, adult-skewing fantasy from China juggles two worlds with dextrous ambition
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Reviews‘One Second’: Review (China)
Zhang Yimou’s long-delayed ode to cinema is a welcome return to personal terrritory for the Fifth Generation director
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Reviews‘Vanguard’: Review
Jackie Chan jumps into the exhibition spot vacated by Bond in the US after failing to make an impression at home
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Reviews‘Beyond You’: Busan Review
A South Korean metaphysical melodrama that defies the laws of time and space
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Reviews‘Three’: Busan Review
A rookie cop tracks a serial-killer cannibal in this disquieting true crime thriller
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Reviews‘Jiang Ziya’: Review (China Golden Week)
A new cinematic universe establishes itself with the second in the ‘Fengshen’ series of fantastical stories
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Reviews‘The Eight Hundred’: Review
China’s first post-pandemic blockbuster moves out to international markets
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Reviews‘The Best Is Yet To Come’: Venice Review
Jia Zhangke produces his mentee Wang Jing’s taut, thrilling debut
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Reviews‘Love After Love’: Venice Review
Love is a business exchange in Ann Hui’s sumptuously detailed period drama
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Reviews‘The Paper Tigers’: Fantasia Review
Cheerfully charming debut about three middle-aged former martial arts students who unite to avenge their sifu
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Reviews‘Sheep Without a Shepherd’: Review
Skilfully-calibrated thriller from debut director Sam Quah heads out into the UK during an interrupted home run
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Reviews‘Victim(s)’: Udine Review
First-time director Layla Zhuqing Ji shoots her impressive tale of Chinese high-school bullying in Malaysia