Notable Chinese Films
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Movies which have the following elements and themes:
Surreal atmosphere
Identity surprises
Reality surprises
Existentialism
Postmodernism
Time Travel
Essential melancholy for people who'd love to bedew in sadness, full of contemplation as we then witness these characters at their crossroads. Moody, brutal and brooding but not entirely devoid of wonder.
A list of films John Waters has referenced in his interviews, books, commentaries, and other work as influential to his career or that he is a fan of otherwise.
Includes all of the films ranked in his yearly 'Artforum: Best Of' year-end lists. (https://joeclark.org/dossiers/johnwaters.html)
This list is a work in progress, by no means a complete reference.
Cross referenced at
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls044203105/ (with JW quotes pertaining to each title)
From space-invader thrillers to interstellar-overdrive headscratchers, we’re counting down the best science fiction films since the turn of the century
By CHRISTOPHER R. WEINGARTEN & NOEL MURRAY & JENNA SCHERER & TIM GRIERSON & JAMES MONTGOMERY & DAVID FEAR & DAVID MARCHESE & KORY GROW & BRIAN TALLERICO
from Rolling Stone magazine (https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-top-40-sci-fi-movies-of-the-21st-century-28134/the-one-i-love-2014-195840/)
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World of Wong Kar Wai
With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong Kar Wai has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators as cinematographer Christopher Doyle; editor and production and costume designer William Chang Suk Ping; and actors Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Wong (or WKW, as he is often known) has written and directed films that have enraptured audiences and critics worldwide and inspired countless other filmmakers with their poetic moods and music, narrative and stylistic daring, and potent themes of alienation and memory. Whether tragically romantic, soaked in blood, or quirkily comedic, the seven films collected here are an invitation into the unique and wistful world of a deeply influential artist.
From the Criterion Channel
Movies of the 2000's, Jürgen Müller (ed.) Taschen.
Winners of the New York Film Critics' Circle (NYFCC) Best Foreign Language Film award since 1938. Updated until 2021.
No awards given from 1941 to 1945, 1962, 1969 to 1977, 1986, 1988, 1992.
:link:https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/
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Movies: Chinese
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