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Chinese Box

  During the last months of Britain’s control of Hong Kong, journalist John (Jeremy Irons) discovers he has only a few months to live. He decides to use the time Read More

A Girl from Hunan

  A Girl from Hunan tells the story of a willful young girl who, at the start of the film, is about to enter into an arranged marriage with a Read More

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

  In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, Read More

Eat Drink Man Woman

  Master Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) is semi-retired and lives at home with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen (Kuei-Mei Yang), a religious chemistry teacher; Jia-Chien (Chien-Lien Wu), an airline executive; Read More

Beijing Bicycle

  A young country boy, Guei (Cui Lin) comes to the big city determined to make it. He soon finds a job as a bike messenger in which he gets Read More

Farewell My Concubine

  In 1924, young Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) begins training at the Beijing Opera House at the same time as Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang). Cheng specializes in playing female parts, Read More

Black Snow

  After years in jail, Li Huiqian (Wen Jiang) is released and goes back to living in his childhood home, where only a handful of extended family members now reside. Read More

Shower

  Shower is a heartwarming story that examines the current state of Chinese culture where cherished traditions are being abandoned by the modern world.  A young, wealthy businessman’s icy attitude Read More

Shadow Magic

  Shadow Magic is a historical fiction film about the introduction of motion pictures into China during the early 20th century.  The film is set in Beijing, 1902, in the Read More

Red Sorghum

  Young Jiu’er (Gong Li) is sent by her parents to marry an old leper who owns a distillery. As she is being carried over the sorghum fields, bandits attack Read More