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Life Show (2002)
Director: Huo Jianqi
Starring: Tao Hong, Tao Zeru
Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Chi Li, this affecting character study centres on Lai Shuang Yang a young, single woman living in revolutionary Ch... Read more
Platform (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Starring: Wang Hong-wei, Zhao Tao, Liang Jing-dong, Yang Tian-yi
Aka "Zhantai". Jia Zhang-ke's ambitious film follows the lives of four friends over a turbulent 10 year period of Chinese history, from 1979 to 1989.... Read more
Magnificent Butcher (1979)
7.5/10
Director: Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping
Starring: Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Hoi San Lee, Wei Pei, Tak-Hing Kwan
An action-packed martial arts spoof with Sammo Hung as a plump kung fu student of legendary master, Wong Fei Hung. Two rival schools end up in an all... Read more
To Live (1994)
8.3/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu
This stirring film follows a married couple as their fortunes rise and fall, through several decades of Chinese life, from the 1940s onward. Ge You, G... Read more
Unknown Pleasures / Xiao Wu (2002)
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Starring: Zhao Tao, Zhou Qing Feng, Zhao Wei Wei, Wu Qiong, Wang Hong Wei
Two films from acclaimed director Jia Zhang-Ke take a look at contemporary China, its inequalities, direction and disaffected urban youth. 'Unknown Pl... Read more
The World (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Starring: Zhao Tao, Chen Taisheng, Jue Jing, Zhong-wei Jiang, Yi-qun Wang
Set in the massive theme park outside Beijing where famous world landmarks are recreated, this beautiful allegorical film (and ironic given the endles... Read more
Ip Man: The Legend is Born (2010)
8/10
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Fan Siu-Wong, Dennis To
This prequel to the 'Ip Man' saga introduces the man who will become the legendary martial artist. As a child in Foshan, China, Ip Man learns a myster... Read more
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
8.2/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng
This magnificent film chronicles the life of a 1920s maiden who, at her mother's urging, agrees to marry a wealthy man. She becomes 'fourth mistress'... Read more
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
7.6/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Lei Lao Sheng, Ge Zhi Jun, Lui Pei Qi
In this beautiful and humourous film from the acclaimed director of 'Raise the Red Lantern', a peasant woman takes on the Chinese legal system when he... Read more
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barra...
Sam Raimi returns triumphantly to his horror roots with this camp frightener about a good-hearted Southern girl who attracts a nasty curse. Christine... Read more
Infernal Affairs 3 (2003)
7/10
Director: Andrew Lau Wai Keung, Alan Mak Siu Fai
Starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Leon Lai, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang,...
Following on directly from the first film, Ming (Andy Lau) has been relegated to mudane office work as he awaits an official investigation. Meanwhile... Read more
Initial D (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Andrew Lau Wai Keung, Alan Mak Siu Fai
Starring: Jordan Chan, Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Chapman To, Anthony Wong, Shawn...
Taiwanese pop idol Jay Chou stars as Takumi, petrol pump attendant by day and tofu delivery boy by night. As it happens his delivery route is on the... Read more