Chinese

by J. Fletcher|29 July 202229 July 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

There are certain historical perceptions that colour our notion of traditional Asian arts, and while each region has their own unique attributes, the deep history of Chinese traditional arts and crafts often evokes a near mythical exploration of folklore, militia...

Embrace Again: Review

by J. Fletcher|31 December 202123 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

After the success of her 2019 thriller The Whistleblower, writer/ director Xiaolu Xue returns with the poignant and emotionally charged opus Embrace Again, a chronicle of the Chinese metropolis Wuhan as it faces a sudden and harsh lock-down in January of 2020...

Yang Feng: Winter Soldiers

by J. Fletcher|18 November 202123 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The fabled story of the Lunan Railway Brigade, officially known as the 115th Division of the Eight Route Army, might not be familiar to many western audiences, but the small band of railway workers, situated in cold wastes of China’s Shandong...

Raging Fire: Review

by J. Fletcher|23 August 202127 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

What do you get when you take a righteous seasoned cop with a pregnant wife; a rogue unit of ex-officers hell-bent on bloody revenge; a vicious underworld kingpin; elaborate heists underpinning street-level action sequences; a hierarchy of corrupt police officials...