Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Raise the Red Lantern: criticising the abuse of power by those tasked with upholding tradition
Zhang Yimou, “Raise the Red Lantern” (1991) This is a beautiful film of minimal, even
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Zhang Yimou, “Raise the Red Lantern” (1991) This is a beautiful film of minimal, even
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, “Spring” (2014) A rather long and thin character study romance
George A Romero, “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) Made on a minuscule budget, George
Peter Greenaway, “The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover” (1989) Straight away viewers
Nagisa Oshima, “Ai no korida / In the Realm of the Senses” (1976) Forty years
Noboru Iguchi, “Dead Sushi” (2012) In the tradition of wacky Japanese comedy horror flicks comes
Kenji Mizoguchi, “Ugetsu” (1953) Two interwined morality plays about peasants blinded by thoughts of personal
Stanley Kubrick, “The Shining” (1980) In most directors’ hands, a Stephen King horror novel of
Kaneto Shindo, “Onibaba” (1964) An old Japanese Buddhist tale of a woman who uses a
French and French-language Films
Frédéric Doazan, “Supervenus” (2013) This 3-minute debut effort for writer / director Frédéric Doazan is a devastatingly