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Unmade in China

Written & Directed by Tanner King Barklow & Gil Kofman Produced by Francis Krow Released by Seventh Art Releasing/Antidote Films USA/China. 90 min. Not rated Unmade in China tells a story that is both entertaining and unsurprising, tracking the trials and tribulations of Gil Kofman, an American director (The Memory Thief) trying to make a […]

Tai Chi Hero

Directed by Stephen Fung Produced by Wang Zhongjun Written by Kuo-fu Chen Released by Well Go USA Release Mandarin with English subtitles China. 100 min. Not rated With Jayden Yuan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Angelababy, Eddie Peng Yu-Yen, Feng Shaofeng, Peter Stormare & Daniel Wu You might recall a little crazy movie called Tai Chi […]

11 Flowers

Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Produced by Xiaoshuai, Isabelle Glachant, Didar Domehri, Lü Dong, Laurent Baudens & Gaël Nouaille Written by Xiaoshuai & Lao Ni Released by First Run Features Shanghainese & Mandarin with English subtitles China/France. 115 min. Not rated With Liu Wenqing, Wang  Jingchun & Yan Ni Director Wang Xiaoshuai’s autobiographical 11 Flowers turns […]

Like Someone in Love

Written & Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Produced by Marin Karmitz & Kenzo Horikoshi Released by Sundance Selects Japanese with English subtitles France/Japan. 109 min. Not rated With Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno & Ryo Kase Abbas Kiarostami’s follow up to his tremendous Certified Copy could be considered its companion piece. Again, he’s working outside of his […]

The Taste of Money

Written & Directed by Im Sang-soo Produced by Lee Nam-hee & Seo Jung-hun Released by Sundance Selects. Korean with English subtitles. South Korea. 114 min. Not rated With Kim Kang-woo, Baek Yoon-sik, Youn Yuh-jung, Maui Taylor, Darcy Paquet & Kim Hyo-jin In an early scene in Im Sang-soo’s lurid, arty soap opera The Taste of […]

Dangerous Liaisons

Directed by Jin-ho Hur Produced by Chen Weiming Written by Yan Geling Released by Well Go USA Mandarin with English subtitles China/South Korea/Singapore. 104 min. Not rated With Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Shawn Dou , Lisa Lu & Candy Wang Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 classic French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, a tale […]

Tai Chi Zero

Directed by Stephen Fung Produced by Zhang Dajun, Daniel Wu & Fung Written by Chen Hsiao Tse, Zhang Jialu & Chen Kuo-fu Released by Variance Films/Well Go USA Mandarin with English subtitles China. 94 min. Rated PG-13 With Jayden Yuan, Angelababy, Eddie Peng, Tony Leung Ka-fai & Shu Qi In Tai Chi Zero, the “Zero” […]

Painted Skin: The Resurrection

Directed by Wuershan Produced by Chen KuoFu Screenplay by Ran Ping, Ran JiaNan Produced by Yang HongTao, Wang Ruojun, Wang ZhongJun, Guo L Released by Well Go USA Mandarin with English subtitles China. 133 min. Not rated With Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Wei Zhao & Mini Yang Wuershan’s Painted Skin: The Resurrection, a loose sequel […]

The Raid: Redemption

Edited, Written & Directed by Gareth Huw Evans Produced by Ario Sagantoro Released by Sony Pictures Classics Indonesian with English subtitles Indonesia/USA. 100 min. Rated R With Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan, Eka Rahmadia & Verdi Solaiman The stupefying, pulpy excess of Gareth Huw Evans’s […]