Suzhou River (film)

I have always loved Asian cinema, some of my favourite films are made in China both decades ago and somewhat recent. There's no denying that Chinese arthouse can be insanely strong, despite all the censors and pressure these days. In a way, these recent events actually make looking at older Chinese cinema even more interesting. To capture a glimpse in time where China's government wasn't strict on the arts, where th…

Written and directed by Lou Ye Escrita y dirigida por Lou Ye Let's take a break from the Oscars and all their nominated films: let's talk about _weird_ cinema, the kind that I like, that is not mainstream, that is from past decades, of names that are not well known or already forgotten, from a remote country, movies filmed in a language I don't know how to speak, with a low budget and an intimate and personal script…