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Companion 2025
This film is a well-balanced, small-scale work that perfectly caters to market tastes.
While its structure and themes are almost entirely rooted in feminist discourse—exploring how men treat women as assets, controlling their actions and thoughts to maintain superiority—it also highlights the irony of men being trapped in the very patriarchal system that poisons them. They lack both the ability and the willingness to escape their own "comfortable misery." Meanwhile, women, despite awakening to the system’s injustices, struggle with limited…
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Knit's Island 2023
During the lockdown, the director joined the zombie survival game DayZ, creating a project that involved long-term filming and interviews with players who entered the game at different times. Everything in the film—from the settings, camera movements, interview and filming rhythm, to the editing style—follows the conventions of a documentary. The only difference is that all the footage is recorded directly from the game, and every interviewee appears in the game as the character they’re role-playing.
This concept is truly…
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A Scene at the Sea 1991
I really liked how the movie used long shots to show their everyday life and their calm, steady love. But the twist at the end completely shocked me—it was so unexpected.
Truly incredible.
The way they buried such deep sadness under the sound of the waves left me completely speechless. I couldn’t even cry.
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An Unfinished Film 2024
Lou Ye's new film just won Best Feature Film at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, and it's easy to understand its place in cinematic history. With a mockumentary perspective, social realism and compassion, it also weaves in the impact of COVID-19 on Chinese filmmakers and the entire film industry.
To be honest, I found the form incredibly impressive. It's hard to imagine a "mockumentary" feeling this real. Even the occasional insertion of real news footage felt seamless. However, I have…
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