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Moamba Chinesa
He missed his flight twice, but still made it to the port of Guangzhou (Canton). Or chocolate city as the Chinese call it, because of…Published on: -
Yip Man
Jet Li’s defection to Hollywood endangered Hong Kong kung fu cinema. A team of Yip, Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen brought the genre back to…Published on: -
The Tiger Factory
The maker was too honest in an interview: he made the film really quickly. Too quickly, said the critics. An easy target. But the film…Published on: -
Fong Sai Yuk
Jet Li may be better known for his role in Once Upon a Time in China, but this humorous interpretation of the Shao Lin legend…Published on: -
Ashes of Time Redux
For Ashes of Time, Wong Kar-wai swapped the conventions of the wuxia genre for his beloved theme of love and loss. The film can also…Published on: -
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Inspired by Star Wars, Tsui Hark was determined to develop a brand of special effects with Chinese imagery. In a great leap forward, he trained…Published on: -
Merry-Go-Round
An epic and visual merry-go-round about the sick and the dead in Hong Kong, yet it remains light-hearted. A story filled with pop music, with…Published on: -
Love in a Puff
The film has been described as charming and intelligent. It is supposedly a jewel. A minor masterpiece. That last comment is not true. It is…Published on: -
O estrangeiro
Searching for what we bring with us and what we leave behind, The Foreigner is a personal and melancholic story of detection set in Macau.Published on: -
Drunken Master
One of Jackie Chan’s early films that saved the kung fu genre from plunging further down the box office after Bruce Lee’s death. Features acrobatic…Published on: