The Purple Onion (USA, 2015)
Those who go into Matt Szymanowski’s debut feature The Purple Onion simply knowing that it stars Chinese American comedian Edwin Li as a stand-up pursuing...
CRIME: Hong Kong Style, HOME, Manchester, UK
The crime cinema of Hong Kong has always had a distinctive flavor with its iconic star personas, vibrant filmmaking technique, and unique urban milieu defined by cultural...
Freelance (Thailand, 2015)
In a global economy defined by competition and connectivity, most professionals have anecdotes about “pulling an all-nighter” to deal with “crunch time”, which often revolve reverting...
The World of Kanako (Japan, 2014)
Despite achieving considerable international success at a time when most Japanese filmmakers exclusively cater to the home market, Tetsuya Nakashima has amassed a fair share...
Mr. Six (China, 2015)
The titular protagonist of Guan Hu’s well-crafted crime drama Mr. Six is a retired gangster in his late fifties, a no-nonsense Beijinger with a severely...
Ip Man 3 (Hong Kong, 2015)
The filmmakers who first brought the legendary Ip Man to the screen and kicked off a newfound resurgence of both Wing Chun and it’s most...
Call for Papers: Animating Chinese Cinemas – A Special Issue for Journal of Chinese Cinemas (2017)
This special issue aims to rethink the historical relationship between the animated and the cinematic by situating their genealogy in the historical matrix of modern...