A Window on Asian Cinema
The RoadWhen we think of Chinese films that have addressed the topic of the Cultural Revolution, for the most part, we think of the Lost Generation One thing that [The Road] departs from i...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Sakais` HappinessThe Sakais lead typical mundane lives in Japan. There are no world-shaking events but they still have their problems. Masakazu, the father, is busy working hard and his remarried w...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Scream of The AntsIt seems that Makhmalbaf is now putting himself into idealism. His consistent subject matter is philosophical - fundamental questions of the truth rather than the complex, paradoxi...
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Story of PAOAt first glance, [Story of Pao] is histrionic; it is a melodrama ling of a woman`s suffering from pre-modern patriarchal society. Based on a true story, however, Ngo Quang Hai show...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Summer Palace[Summer Palace] is the new film by Lou Ye, one of the most talented and ambitious of the emerging crop of Chinese directors. This film, shown in competition at Cannes, portrays the...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Syndromes and a CenturyThe film ls about a `flow`; it never dwells in any conventional cinematic form or in completed structure. To create the `flow`, Weerasethakul focuses on the dialogues from daily li...
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To Get to Heaven First You Have to DieTwenty-year-old Kamal has been married for several months but has not yet been able to consummate the marriage; his wife remains a virgin, and he sexually frustrated. After consult...
A Window on Asian Cinema
MingmingMing Ming is a 21st Century martial arts princess and lady Robin Hood who steals for love. Her Prince Charming is D, a maverick fighter and irresistible rogue who posted this chall...