Index
This is the index for all my writing on Chinese-language film. As a general organizing principle, I’m adapting the categories Andrew Sarris used in his book The American Cinema. Click the name of the director (or studio, movement, film series, or era) to find a sub-index of reviews, essays, lists, and/or podcasts on that subject, if available. This is a work in progress. I suspect it won’t ever be finished.
Introduction
Why “The Chinese Cinema”?
A New Home
Sources
The 36th Chamber
Chang Cheh
Hou Hsiao-hsien
King Hu
Ann Hui
Jia Zhangke
Lau Kar-leung
Johnnie To
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsui Hark
Wong Kar-wai
John Woo
Edward Yang
Fallen Angels
Bi Gan
Fruit Chan
Peter Chan
Sylvia Chang
Soi Cheang
Mabel Cheung and Alex Law
Stephen Chow
Fei Mu
Michael Hui
Sammo Hung
Jiang Wen
Stanley Kwan
Ringo Lam
Ang Lee
Li Han-hsiang
Liu Jiayin
Pang Ho-cheung
Patrick Tam
Xie Jin
Herman Yau
Chor Yuen
Zhang Yimou
Tricky Brains
Chen Yu-hsun
Cheng Er
Ching Siu-tung
Diao Yinan
Guan Hu
Han Yan
Kuei Chi-hung
Joseph Kuo
Jeffrey Lau
Luo Li
Heiward Mak
Qin Pengfei
Vivian Qu
Song Fang
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Derek Tsang
Wai Ka-fai
Wong Jing
Xin Yukun
Evan Yang
Ying Liang
Ronny Yu
Corey Yuen
Yuen Woo-ping
Devils on the Doorstep
Japan
Anno Hideaki
Hamaguchi Ryūsuke
Iwai Shunji
Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Miike Takashi
Obayashi Nobuhiko
Ohku Akiko
Sakamoto Yugo
Shimomura Yûji
Sōmai Shinji
Sono Sion
Yamashita Nobuhiro
Korea
Bong Joonho
Choi Jaehoon
Hong Sangsoo
Jeong Ga-young
Kim Jeewoon
Ryoo Seungwan
Jason Yu
Portugal
João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
Singapore
Thailand
Nattawut Poonpiriya
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Wisit Sasanatieng
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
USA
JP Sniadecki and the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab
Kimi Takesue
Vietnam
Lê Thanh Sơn
Lê Văn Kiệt
Charlie Nguyen
It’s a Drink, It’s a Bomb!
Teddy Chan
Chen Kaige
Frant Gwo
Raman Hui
Dante Lam
Andrew Lau
Lo Wei
Longman Leung & Sunny Luk
Lou Ye
Poon Man-kit
Good Men, Good Women
Benny Chan
Frankie Chan
Chen Sicheng
David Chung
Feng Xiaogang
Stephen Fung
Han Han
Ho Meng-hua
Clifton Ko
Derek Kwok
Lau Kar-wing
Ricky Lau
Johnny Ma
Stanley Tong
Tsui Siu-ming
Teresa Woo
Wu Ma
Cathy Yan
Derek Yee
Zhang Lü
Crippled Avengers
Gordon Chan
Chung Mong-hong
Ding Sheng
Jason Kwan
Daniel Lee
Alan Mak & Felix Chong
Stephen Shin
Xu Haofeng
Taylor Wong
Wilson Yip
The Enigmatic Cases
Casey Chan
Chiang Hsiu-Chiung & Kwan Pun-Leung
Cindy Chow
Hsu Tsung-hung
Hu Bo
Raymond Lee
Keith Li
Lo Lieh
Angela Mak
Johnny Mak
Peter Mak
Mang Hoi
Pan Wenzhan & Fu Jie
Shu Kei
So Jing-man
Wai Lit
Sandra Weintraub
Wu Nien-jen
Yee Chung-man
Richard Yeung Keun
Brandy Yuen
Zhao Wei
A Better Tomorrow
Bai Xue
Bao Baier
Cai Chengjie
Chai Chunya
Antony Chan
Chan Chi-fat
Chan Kin-long
Sunny Chan
Chan Tze-woon
Ashton Chen
Chen Hung-i & Wei Ying-chuan
Chen Mei-juin
Cheuk Wan-chi
Michael Chiang
Chin Ka-lok
Roy Chow
Cui Siwei
Dong Yue
Fei Xing
Guo Yubo
Ho Cheuk-tin
Ho Yuhang
Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers
John Hsu
Huang Bo
Huang Xi
Derek Hui
Kam Ka-wai
Venus Keung
Alan Lau
Flora Lau
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Jonathan Li
Li Jun
Ferris Lin
Lin Jing-jie
Liu Binjie
Liu Jian
René Liu
Liu Yulin
Lu Yuan-chi
Man Lim-chung
Jack Ng
Nero & Stephen Ng
Ng Yuen-fai
Pan Anzi
Kearan Pang
Qiu Jiongjiong
Qiu Sheng
Rao Xiaozhi
Su Lun
Chapman To
Wei Junzi
Wei Shujun
Wen Zhang
Amp Wong & Ji Zhao
Wong Ching-po
Wong Chun
Norris Wong
Wu Ershan
Matt Wu
Xue Xiaolu
Yang Bingjia
Yang Chao
Yang Li
Yang Lina
Yang Mingming
Yang Qing
Yang Shupeng
Yang Ya-che
Yang Yishu
Raymond Yip
Philip Yung
Zhang Jiajia
Zhao Liang
Sabrina Zhao
Multiple Directors
Unknown Pleasures
Tony Au
Cha Chuen-yee
Anthony Chan
Evans Chan
Philip Chan
Angie Chen
Chen Chi-hwa
Alex Cheung
Alfred Cheung
Jacob Cheung
Derek Chiu
Clarence Fok
Allen Fong
Eddie Fong
Godfrey Ho
Chris Huo
Jeong Chang-hwa
David Lai
Lawrence Ah Mon
Clara Law
Po-Chih Leong
Patrick Leung
Patrick Lung Kong
Michael Mak
Ng See-yuen
Sun Chung
Tong Kai
Kirk Wong
Wong Tin-lam
Yim Ho
Yonfan
Yiu Tin-hung
Dennis Yu
Yuen Cheung-yan
Huang Shuqin
Lu Yang
Wang Bing
Wang Xiaoshuai
Bu Wancang
Cai Chusheng
Dan Duyu
Fang Peilin
Hou Yao
Sang Hu
Sun Yu
Wu Yonggang
Yuan Muzhi
Zhang Sichuan
Chen Kun-ho
Chien Lung
Artis Chow
Kevin Chu Yen-ping
Hou Cheng
Hsiao Chu-chen
Huang Yu-shan
Lee Hsing
Ting Shan-hsi
Lee Tso-nam
Wan Jen
Yang Li-chou
Zhuang Xiangzeng
Winners & Sinners
Jackie Chan
Grace Chang
Kwan Tak-hing
Bruce Lee
Moon Lee
Jet Li
Karl Maka
Angela Mao
Sandra Ng
Veronica Ngô
Cynthia Rothrock
Ruan Lingyu
Josephine Siao
Jimmy Wang Yu
Wu Jing
Donnie Yen
Michelle Yeoh
Yuen Biao
Zhang Ziyi
The Odd One Dies
Milkyway Image
Jevons Au, Frank Hui & Vicky Wong
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Hard-Boiled Killers
Kung Fu Cult Masters
The Shaolin Cinematic Universe
30 Essential Wuxia Films
Lust, Caution
The In the Line of Duty Series
The Inspector Wears Skirts Series
The Spooky Bunch
(Don't) Journey to the West: Shaw Brothers Horror
The Mr. Vampire Sequels
Movie Magic: The Yuen Clan's Magic Movies
Strange Tales
The Chinese Cinema List
My Contemporary Chinese Cinema column at The Notebook
Chinese Cinema Today
The 50 Best Chinese Language Films of the 21st Century
150 of the Best Chinese Language Films of All-Time
The Top 113 Chinese Language Films of the 2010s
Both Sides Now: Women in Chinese Film at the DC Chinese Film Festival
Notes on Filmspotting’s Contemporary Chinese Cinema Marathon
Notes Towards a Voting Guide for Chinese Language Film in the 2022 Sight & Sound Poll
2022 Spring/Summer Festival Compilation
2023 Spring Festival Compilation
Slices of Life – Japan Cuts 2023
Japan Cuts 2023 – Part Two
2023 Fall Festival Compilation
Japan Cuts 2024 – Part One
Japan Cuts 2024 – Part Two
Japan Cuts 2024 – Part Three