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It’s Journuary, which means I look at some of the best adaptations of the seminal Chinese novel Journey to the West. From lore-accurate operas to big blockbusters, Wu Cheng’en’s novel has seen a number of different versions over the past 100 years. I look at five I personally love.
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Meddling only makes things worse in Tran Thanh’s odd, disjointed comedy
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The Keriya
The sands do not shift in Pengfei Shen and Ji Lin’s understated documentary.
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5 Great Asian Christmas Films You Haven’t Seen
Christmas films are inevitale, even in countries that don’t celebrate Christmas all that much. This season, put aside the re-watches of Elf and A Christmas…
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5 Great Animated Films NOT from Japan
Asian animated films have a longstanding association with top Japanese studios – Colorido, Ghibli and the rest – but as Chinese animation picks up in…
The Asian Cinema Critic 