Someone over Facebook argued that Johnnie To’s Life Without Principle instead of Ann Hui’s A Simple Life should be crowned “the best HK film in 2011”,then my fellow friend,a huge fan of the diretor,Michael mentioned it again in my comments how awesome it is and wrote a fantastic review on his own blog.So I could […]
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L’Atalante & Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Reviews
L’Atalante 8/10 This is the kind of film you either have watched or at least heard of ,so I’m gonna skip any cliche here.As one of the most poetic and romantic love films ever made,this film does have its big moments.I love two scenes maybe three especially,one is Jean diving into the river to “see” Juliette’s […]
A Simple Life,The Sword of Doom,Cul-de-sac Reviews
This month really goes well for me since I already watched 11 films in 13 days.After the double comedy I wrote last week,I’ve collected another 5 first time viewing films to express some opinions.3 Reviews comes first and another 2 on Friday. A Simple Life 8/10 As a Chinese,I’m not expecting any upcoming Chinese films […]
Double Comedy:Our Hospitality & Design for Living
I love comedies,though I don’t watch them too often,I always had a great time.As a matter of a fact,there aren’t great comedies in modern times any more,and our time is lack of comedy masters like Chaplin,Tati,Brooks etc,that’s too sad.We have to go back to the pre-Great Depression and Great Depression era to find these lost classics […]
Top 10 Chinese Love Films
Love is an universal subject but it does differ from West to Orient.Western love is more open while Oriental love is always quite restrained.There are some exceptions as Oriental love films like In the Realm of the Senses goes extremely crazy and Western love films like Remains of the Day and The Age of Innocence […]
What is Cinema?
Cinema,movie,film,whatever you call it,this young art form made us all crazy about it.Have you ever thought of the question:What is Cinema? Well,you might have heard of the name of a book by the great Andre Bazin,but have you really given a deep thought about the essence of the art you almost appreciate everyday? This might […]