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July Rhapsody

By Perry Norton | June 2024

This film was released in its native cantonese as Nam yan sei sap (or Man, 40) which is quite different to its…

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July Rhapsody

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This film was released in its native cantonese as Nam yan sei sap (or Man, 40) which is quite different to its western title of July Rhapsody. They...

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I get the sneaking sense that Yaxing Lin's heartbreaking tale, Playground, would not play in America... then again, maybe it would. There's a level of...

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The elephant in the room with writer-director Li Ruijun's drama, Return to Dust, is that it was promptly banned in China under suspicious circumstances...

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