A Hong Kong cinephile.
Favorite Films = the last four films I watched with a rating of 4.5-5★
Jean-Luc Godard’s sixth feature Contempt was his biggest film up to that point, an international co-production project with a large production budget and starring the biggest French star, namely Brigitte Bardot. It’s like a dream come true for Godard who had been fascinated by the Hollywood films and the ‘auteurs’ they labelled back when he was a film critic. But it turned out to be a production nightmare for Godard, the intrusion from the paparazzi and the interference of the…
Hirokazu Koreeda is easily my favourite director working today, I basically love most of his films and picking one Koreeda film to be my favourite is deemed impossible. Despite his latest film Monster does not fall immediately into the tight competition, it is still very close to the top, and I could see the potential of a higher rating after a rewatch when all the puzzle-solving mystery is deprioritised. Monster is Koreeda’s return to Japan after directing two foreign films (French and…
A film imbued with anger and empathy, told in a pro-union leftist narrative with a peripheral social commentary on the ever-lasting effects of the sin and trauma of war, entwined with a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ type of romance, Masahiro Shinoda effortlessly elevated the singing-idol image in a young delinquent film to a tremendous martyrdom.
Added to: Masahiro Shinoda, Ranked
I was speechless.
I am not a sporty person, I don’t even play basketball much, and not really a dedicated fan of Slam Dunk. I remembered watching some episodes of the anime when I was a child, but only till I was in high school did I catch up and finish the mange. I love the story and all the characters, and the ‘regret’ of the ending has transcended the entire series IMO. The last game between Shohoku and Sanno…
Added to: My 250 Favorite Films of All Time
Added to: Edward Yang Ranked
Ranked 93rd (32 critic votes, 9 director votes) in 2022 Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll
The Rearward View of Life
Near the end of the film Yi Yi, there is a funeral, the little boy Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang) reads out the letter he wrote for his deceased grandma (Ruyun Tang), saying he would like to be a person of showing stuff others don't…