A Hong Kong cinephile.
Favorite Films = the last four films I watched with a rating of 4.5-5★
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Contempt 1963
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…
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Monster 2023
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…
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Bad Education 2004
Structurally complex and morally complicated, Almodóvar‘s semi-autobiographical (mostly the ambience and the ‘tales’ he heard from his Catholic school) story is entirely a period piece. The narrative jumps between 1964, 1977 and 1980, corresponding to the transition from Francoist Spain to the democratic state, and is presented in a metafictional labyrinth of memory, rendition, and fabrication, with deceived identity, homosexuality and trans-sexuality, drug abuse and clerical sexual abuse on children. It is also a noir thriller, involving a ‘femme fatale’…
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The Rover 2014
John Wick meets Mad Max, but less stylish. Subtle world building of a collapsed society, imbued with senseless violence and depraves morality, the human connection is fragile and impermanent. It has a promising premise, but the lack of complexity and variation for the rest of journey makes it an unexciting ride.
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The First Slam Dunk 2022
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… -
Yi Yi 2000
Added to: My 250 Favorite Films of All Time
Added to: Edward Yang RankedRanked 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…
