Overview of articles
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Ping’an Yueqing
Investigation into the suspicious death of a campaigner who disappeared under the monstrous wheels of a mine truck. Artist and social activist Ai WeiwPublished on: -
Four Ways to Die in My Hometown
The effect of people moving away from the Chinese countryside, portrayed in poetic, occasionally stunning and often magical scenes. A student returnsPublished on: -
When Night Falls
Reconstruction of a notorious case in China: a young man kills six policeman, after which his mother is locked up in a psychiatric hospital. Regular…Published on: -
Drug War
Five years ago, ‘Gangstermeister’ Johnnie To brought an overdose of dazzling Hong-Kong films to Rotterdam and plundered all the local antique shops. HPublished on: -
A Breath from the Bottom
Why did his son have to join the cops? Father, a fanatical old activist, distrusts all government. Black-and-white and therefore perhaps very real.Published on: -
How to Describe a Cloud
A young woman in Taipei is confronted with the blindness of her mother who is convinced she has a sixth sense. Shot with little facilities,…Published on: -
A Land Imagined
When a Chinese building worker disappears without trace in Singapore, an overtired detective is called in to find out what happened.Published on: -
Ash Is Purest White
Dancer Qiao and gangster Bin’s violent love story plays out from 2001 to 2017 in a rapidly changing China.Published on: -
Shadow
Epic battle story with visuals that draw on China’s centuries-old tradition of ink-wash painting, set against next-level fighting sequences to dazzlinPublished on: -
Words, Planets
A playful blend of landscapes, portraits, fruit, Wong Kar-wai, Raúl Ruiz, cacti, some literary quotes, and power-pop, all in perfect harmony.Published on: