The late Pema Tseden’s Snow Leopard is a beautiful drama that captures the mysterious power of the Tibetan plateau.
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Using animation to recreate the subjects’ memories, Eternal Spring considers the hijacking in 2002 of broadcast TV by a group of Falun Gong practitioners in northeastern China.
Nanfu Wang’s documentary is a useful primer on the early days of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Revisiting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on its 20th anniversary confirms this moving, wuxia epic as one of the great international films of all-time.
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This documentary by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei paints a portrait of contemporary China through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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The fight scenes are as impressive as ever, but the story crumbles under the weight of its propaganda messaging.
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Jia Zhangke’s anthology film examines how people react violently in times of precariousness, which is more relevant than ever.
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A musical unlike anything you've seen before.
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An art film with a little martial arts.
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Home movie approach both necessary and frustrating.
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Jiang Wen's wise, disturbing black comedy.
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Allegorical satire disguised as riotous entertainment.
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Christian Bale returns to China; Zhang Yimou plays Spielberg.
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