(China) The film has a simple storyline—an adventure novel author (Lin Chi-ling) has been kidnapped and taken to the desert by a tomb raider wannabe (Eric Tsang) because her estranged father (Kenneth Tsang) is in possession of a map that tells the whereabouts of a lost city. The father’...
Dec 30 2009 - 10:11am
Category IIA. Don’t even think about seeing “Lost Indulgence” if you can’t stand slow movies. It’s a claustrophobic and languorous meditation on life, lies and loss.The story follows a mother and son as they struggle to redefine their lives after the father’s...
Apr 25 2008 - 12:35pm
There are several beautiful scenes in Perhaps Love, director Peter Chan’s first full-length film in six years. During one, the leads embrace forlornly as a cloud of snow slowly blankets them. In another, members of a musical troupe shout saucy sayings in what looks like a spectacular, high-...
Dec 8 2005 - 9:54am
