Welcome to today’s edition of Double Bill,if you are new to this series,check out what this series is all about here. The connection between today’s two Chinese films is “two fathers”,interesting topic,uh? Tuya’s Marriage (2006) Tuya’s Marriage is one of the best films that tells the story of the Chinese Minority and won the Golden Bear […]
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Double Bill: Judex + Nuits Rouges
Judex and Nuits Rouges form a double bill DVD release from Eureka’s Master of Cinema series,they are directed by the famous French auteur George Franju(Eyes without a Face),and are both homage films to the Fantomas franchise directed by one of the greatest French directors – Louis Feuillade(Les Vampires,Tih Minh). The MoC covers of Judex and Nuits […]
Double Bill: Blind Shaft + Ebola Syndrome
Welcome to today’s edition of Double Bill,if you are new to this series,check out what this series is all about here. Today I’m gonna recommend two Chinese films that have one thing in common:black humor,an element that is so rarely seen in Chinese cinema. Blind Shaft (2003) Adapted from the award winning novel Shen Mu […]
Double Bill: Goodbye,Dragon Inn + The Hole
From today I’m gonna run a new series called “double bill”,in this series I will try to find and emphasize the connections between two films,the connection could be virtually anything,directors,styles,themes,mise-en-scenes,you name it. Today I’m gonna recommend two films directed by Taiwan auteur Tsai Ming-liang,whose most famous work Vive L’Amour won him a Golden Lion award […]
Alfred Hitchcock – Director of the Year 2012
If you are asked to choose the director of 2012,whom you are gonna choose? Michael Haneke,the man who just won his second Palme d’Or? or Paul Thomas Anderson,the man who came back strong with his darkest film to date? or Asghar Farhadi whose film won Oscar Best Foreign Language Film this year and was nominated in […]
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9 Great Films that Have Multiple Roles by Same Actor
Recently I have watched two films that feature one actor tackling two roles: an American film called Dead Ringers by David Cronenberg and a Chinese film Suzhou River by Lou Ye. Needless to say, this kind of character setting is fun to watch but tough for actors to act, it requires tremendous confidence, efforts and […]