All articles by John Berra – Page 4
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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
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Reviews‘Ashfall’: Udine Review
A rock-solid Korean blockbuster boasting volcanic action sequences opens the Udine Far East Film Festival
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Reviews‘Only Cloud Knows’: Review
Feng Xiaogang’s soulful drama is set largely in New Zealand where an expat widower looks back on his life
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Reviews‘The Whistleblower’: Review
A Chinese expat becomes involved in a dangerous corporate conspiracy in this overstuffed potboiler
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Reviews‘Better Days’: Review
High school bullying reaches dangerous levels in Derek Tsang’s controversial teen drama
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Reviews'Trijya' (Radius): Shanghai Review
An intriguing debut from India’s Akshay Indikar focuses on a migrant’s sense of self ‘Trijya’
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