World Cinema
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All These Sleepless Nights (2016, Dir. Michal Marczak): “It’s so easy to heighten emotions and add story points and beats to make the story more dramaturgically interesting. But then you’re…
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The Assassin (2015, Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien): In the original story, the bluebird is a peacock, an exotic pet kept by the King of Jibing. Wishing it would sing, the Queen…
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Ode to My Father (2014, Dir. Yoon Je-kyoon): Korean cinema, like Hollywood, likes to go big — but instead of CGI worlds and explosions, the Koreans traffic in sentiment. We’re used to…
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Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2 (2012, Dir. Anurag Kashyap): Large desire is endless poverty. — Indian proverb A dog always stays a dog. — Gangs of Wasseypur Gangs of…
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Certified Copy (2010, Dir. Abbas Kiarostami): “The movie started when he invited me to Tehran and one night he started talking about a story that happened to him in Italy,…
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When Love Comes (2010, Dir. Chang Tso-chi): The family drama may be a staple of cinema the world over, but thanks to the likes of director Edward Yang and his…
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I’ve Loved You For So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, Dir. Philippe Claudel, 2008): With her porcelain looks and tensed-up, acrid delivery, Kristin Scott Thomas is a…
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Winds of September (2008, Dir. Tom Yu-Shu Lin): One inevitable consequence when a national cinema comes of age is a new wave of filmmakers who pay homage, however subsconciously, to…
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Kill Zone (2005, Dir. Wilson Yip): Welcome to the New Wave of Hong Kong police thrillers — technically polished, solidly acted, visceral and brainy. So why does it feel like…
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Cargo (2009, Dir. Ivan Engler & Ralph Etter) Purportedly Switzerland’s first science fiction filmand made on a shoestring budget, Cargo is certainly an impressive technical effort (some of of the…