Contributor Weiting Liu

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Review

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Weiting Liu

Kelly Fremon Craig’s take on Judy Bloom’s iconic preteen novel is a sweet tale of a young girl figuring out religion, boys and puberty.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Flamin’ Hot – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

Eva Longoria dramatises the invention of America's beloved spicy snack food in her charming feature debut.
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Festivals

I Used to Be Funny – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

A young woman struggles to come to terms with her PTSD while the child she used to nanny goes missing in Ally Pankiw's directorial debut.
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Festivals

Walk Up – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

A filmmaker and his estranged daughter visit an old friend in Hong Sang-soo's latest riff on the connection between art and romance.
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Review

Everything Everywhere All at Once

by Weiting Liu

A Chinese-American family’s lives are changed forever across multiple universes in Daniels’ ambitious second feature.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

20 years on, Lan Yu remains the pinnacle of Chinese queer cinema

by Weiting Liu

Though never released in mainland china Stanley Kwan’s cult 2001 melodrama fully deserves its cult status.
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Review

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

by Weiting Liu

The MCU’s first Asian superhero movie combines thrilling spectacle with cultural specificity to correct the comics’ racist past.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Better Days

by Weiting Liu

Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung’s cause célèbre-turned-success story combines hard-hitting drama with woozy romance.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

76 Days

by Weiting Liu

This intimate documentary, shot during lockdown in Wuhan, measures the human cost of the coronavirus pandemic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

The mobile-first film festival bringing the Chinese box office to US homes

by Weiting Liu

Lou Ye’s The Shadow Play and a Midi Z retrospective are among the highlights of CineCina iFest.

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