A tired crime premise allows room for throwaway moments to become the substance.
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Compiled from thousands of hours of CCTV, reality tries to fend off melodrama in Xu Bing's foray into feature film making.
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A coming of age story in which a small town murder mystery provides the subplot, this debut feature from Wang Yichun skillfully blends both elements to make a lasting depiction of girlhood during a time rarely seen in Chinese film.
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Recently it seems more and more films are utilizing various aspect ratios instead of sticking to just one for a film's entirety. Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart is yet another one to do so but Jia lets this technique function on different levels without being too showy about it.
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Peter Chan's film is a conflicting experience, filled with ambitious ideas despite being hindered by SAPPRFT restricitions.
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