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Post by Fox in the Snow on Nov 28, 2019 12:06:38 GMT
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The Assassin [Taiwan]
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The Whispering Star [Japan]
8
Love and... [South Korea]
Out Little Sister [Japan]
Tag [Japan]
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Post by rudeboy on Nov 28, 2019 14:19:00 GMT
Another weak year for me, with only no. 1 really belonging on the list...
- Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
- Son of Saul (Hungary)
- Our Little Sister (Japan)
- The Assassin (Taiwan)
- 7 Letters (Singapore)
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 28, 2019 15:32:51 GMT
rudeboy It was a weak year, indeed. Amsal (Assassination) / Dong-hoon Choi Ixcanul (Volcano) / Jayro Bustamante Le Tout Nouveau Testament (The Brand New Testament) / Jaco Van Dormael Hyeomnyeo: Kar-ui gi-eok (Memories Of The Sword) / Heung-sik Park Yip Man 3 / Wilson Yip
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Post by clayton12 on Dec 3, 2019 5:07:37 GMT
For whatever reason, Hong Kong genre films seemed above average this year. For my list, I'll kick off with an aurally bonkers CatIII throwback:
Guilty (Jill Wong) - Hong Kong
Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore'eda) - Japan
Paths of the Soul (Zhang Yang) - Mainland China
Port of Call (Philip Yung) - Hong Kong
Saat Po Lang 2 (Cheang Soi) - Hong Kong
I'll give honourable mentions to:
Kaili Blues (Bi Gan) - Guizhou, Mainland China
The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu) - Romania
Heart Attack (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit) - Thailand
Love Forecast (Park Jin-pyo) - South Korea
An (Naomi Kawase) - Japan
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 3, 2019 7:24:15 GMT
For whatever reason, Hong Kong genre films seemed above average this year. For my list, I'll kick off with an aurally bonkers CatIII throwback: Guilty (Jill Wong) - Hong Kong Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore'eda) - Japan Paths of the Soul (Zhang Yang) - Mainland China Port of Call (Philip Yung) - Hong Kong Saat Po Lang 2 (Cheang Soi) - Hong Kong I'll give honourable mentions to: Kaili Blues (Bi Gan) - Guizhou, Mainland China The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu) - Romania Heart Attack (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit) - Thailand Love Forecast (Park Jin-pyo) - South Korea An (Naomi Kawase) - Japan Only one I've seen from those is the Kore-eda. Our Little Sister is one of his best IMO. I want to see more Naomi Kawase, only seen Still the Water and Radiance.
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Post by rudeboy on Dec 3, 2019 8:21:15 GMT
I need to re-watch Our Little Sister - although it made my list, I think it's easily the weakest of Koreeda's films that I've seen, speaking more to the general exceptional quality of his output than to its own.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 3, 2019 9:08:53 GMT
I need to re-watch Our Little Sister - although it made my list, I think it's easily the weakest of Koreeda's films that I've seen, speaking more to the general exceptional quality of his output than to its own. There's not a lot between his films, but I'd definitely put Our Little Sister in the upper half. Only one I've been a little disappointed with so far is I Wish, again a re-watch may remedy that. Only one I've not seen (I think) is Distance, which sounds very intriguing.
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Post by clayton12 on Dec 3, 2019 9:35:45 GMT
I need to re-watch Our Little Sister - although it made my list, I think it's easily the weakest of Koreeda's films that I've seen, speaking more to the general exceptional quality of his output than to its own. There's not a lot between his films, but I'd definitely put Our Little Sister in the upper half. Only one I've been a little disappointed with so far is I Wish, again a re-watch may remedy that. Only one I've not seen (I think) is Distance, which sounds very intriguing. From what I've seen of Kore'eda, I'd put Our Little Sister up the top of the list, along with After the Storm. On another forum I frequent, someone spoke of the difficulty for a filmmaker in doing "nice", and the joy of a movie about nice people getting along with very little drama in their lives.
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Post by clayton12 on Dec 3, 2019 9:48:52 GMT
For whatever reason, Hong Kong genre films seemed above average this year. For my list, I'll kick off with an aurally bonkers CatIII throwback: Guilty (Jill Wong) - Hong Kong Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore'eda) - Japan Paths of the Soul (Zhang Yang) - Mainland China Port of Call (Philip Yung) - Hong Kong Saat Po Lang 2 (Cheang Soi) - Hong Kong I'll give honourable mentions to: Kaili Blues (Bi Gan) - Guizhou, Mainland China The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu) - Romania Heart Attack (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit) - Thailand Love Forecast (Park Jin-pyo) - South Korea An (Naomi Kawase) - Japan Only one I've seen from those is the Kore-eda. Our Little Sister is one of his best IMO. I want to see more Naomi Kawase, only seen Still the Water and Radiance. The Naomi Kawase simply had to get a guernsey for the wonderful Kirin Kiki!
Judging from the lists you've been posting, I'm going to guess that of the films I mentioned, Paths of the Soul and Kaili Blues will be the ones most likely up your alley.
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Post by nostromo on Dec 3, 2019 10:02:47 GMT
Embrace of the Serpent
Son of Saul
Our Little Sister
Victoria
Land of Mine
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 3, 2019 11:03:13 GMT
Only one I've seen from those is the Kore-eda. Our Little Sister is one of his best IMO. I want to see more Naomi Kawase, only seen Still the Water and Radiance. The Naomi Kawase simply had to get a guernsey for the wonderful Kirin Kiki!
Judging from the lists you've been posting, I'm going to guess that of the films I mentioned, Paths of the Soul and Kaili Blues will be the ones most likely up your alley.
Will keep those in mind, thanks.
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Post by driftin on Dec 3, 2019 14:07:49 GMT
1. Victoria
2. Cemetery of Splendour
3. Embrace of the Serpent
4. Son of Saul
5. Taxi
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 4, 2019 0:49:03 GMT
April and the Extraordinary World
Embrace of the Serpent
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Post by Vits on Dec 4, 2019 12:44:23 GMT
- BAKEMONO NO KO (Japan) - EL CLAN (Argentina). - EL CLUB (Chile). - LA MEMORIA DEL AGUA (Chile). -MUSTANG (Turkey). 5/10 Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) 7/10 4/10 6/10 6/10 |
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