Tag Archives: movies about China

emigration and family melodrama (Film: The Farewell – Lulu Wang, 2019)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by admin

I’m not a big fan of melodramas, but there are themes for which the genre of melodrama is very appropriate. In ‘The Farewell‘, written and directed by Lulu Wang we find some of them. It is the director’s second feature … Continue reading →

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confusing (Film: Shanghai – John Cusack, 2010)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by admin

Maybe too many pictures were already made about that city and that period and they look too much one like the other. Or maybe after Ang Lee made one of them (Lust, Caution) there is not too much to say … Continue reading →

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