The Emperor and the Assassin
Dir. Chen Kaige
If you wanted to watch an epic historical drama about the three assassination attempts against the first emperor of China,…
Dragon
Dir. Peter Chan & Peter Chan Ho-Sun
Being named after the genre, Wu xia, the title replaced in English as Dragon, would understandably follow its conventions with…
The Red Violin
Dir. François Girard
We mostly think of objects as just stuff to buy, to sell, to give, and to throw away, but for…
Drug War
Dir. Johnnie To & Johnnie To Kei-Fung
At first glance, Drug War is basically just what it says on the tin– cops crack down on kingpins, lords,…
Ash Is Purest White
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke & Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke (who NPR critic John Powers once called “perhaps the most important filmmaker working in the world today”), directed…
Eat Drink Man Woman
Dir. Ang Lee
Eat Drink Man Woman takes place in Taipei, Taiwan in the mid-1990s. It tells the story of an aging father…
2046
Dir. Kar-Wai Wong & Wong Kar-wai
Director Wong Kar-Wai made this loose sequel to one of the best films ever made, his 2000 classic In the…
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Given how far back the events are, and how much details were lost from then, we’re not really watching Mongol:…
Fist of Legend
Dir. Gordon Chan
An adaptation of Bruce Lee’s Fists of Fury, Jet Li’s Fist of Legend shares the same occupied Shanghai, the same…
The Painted Veil
Dir. John Curran
Based on the novel of the same name, The Painted Veil is more interested in its romance than the history…
The Edge of Seventeen
Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig
A wonderful, witty teen comedy—possibly the best the genre has known in a long time! In a powerhouse performance, Hailee Steinfeld…
Ip Man
Dir. Wilson Yip
It’s been acclaimed as one the best Kung Fu movies ever made. You are probably wondering why this contemporary movie…
On the Basis of Sex
Dir. Mimi Leder
An uplifting and inspiring movie with Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer. Jones stars as Supreme Court Justice Associate Ruth Bader…
The Legend of Hei
Dir. MTJJ & Mtjj Mutou
With a forest home destroyed, leaving an adorable cat spirit child displaced, The Legend of Hei seemed like a Studio…
Shaolin Soccer
Dir. Stephen Chow
Shaolin Soccer is hilarious. It takes all the familiar elements of the sports drama and kung-fu action flicks, and uses…
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Dir. Cheang Pou-Soi & Soi Cheang
If you’re craving for the fast-paced fights, hand-to-hand combat, and insane stunts of Hong Kong action cinema, you might enjoy…
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Dir. Bi Gan
A man returns to a town chasing the memory of a woman he loved years ago. Poet turned filmmaker Bi…
Fearless
Dir. Ronny Yu
After years of depicting the sport in film, Jet Li wanted one last shot to cap off his long career…
Lust, Caution
Dir. Ang Lee
During wartime, war supersedes everything, including love. Wartime would have people ending relationships, forgoing potential dates, and seducing enemies to…
Lord of Mysteries
Dir. Gideon Liu
In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s…
TO BE HERO X
In a world full of brilliant heroes, it’s the trust of fans that turns heroes into superheroes. If a hero…
The First Frost
Dir. Qu You-ning & Qu Youning
Wen Yifan, by chance, ends up living with her high school classmate Sang Yan, whom she once rejected. They keep…
The Kite Runner
Dir. Marc Forster
From one of the most compelling books of this generation, comes the good movie that aims to tell the tale…
LINK CLICK
Dir. Li Haoling
Using superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at…
Word of Honor
A disillusioned leader of assassins sets out for the martial arts world, where he encounters a bosom friend and becomes…