Tagged: genre: historical
Russia has taken back what is theirs with a serialized version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago at the hand of Aleksandr Proshkin, which lasts 11 episodes, clocking in at a little bit over 400 minutes of running time, making it the most faithful adaptation of Pasternak’s novel to date.
As per tradition, a list of twelve films that marked my 2012 so far for Spanish-language affiliate site Cinencuentro.
Tom Hooper’s ambitious edition of the musical brings with it some amazing performances and some terrible camera work.
Favorites from this and other years in movies, TV, and books.
Guilt and colonialism haunt time and place in one of the best films of 2012.
Convicted of treason! Sentenced to beheading! Sold to a brothel! Lost and amnesia-stricken abroad! Can the smart, stubborn Jolanne survive?
Joe Wright’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s famous novel is an ambitious, well-acted, and beautifully creative film.
Though the poster may mislead, The Concubine deals little with love, instead entangling itself with sacrifice, suspicion, backstabbing and revenge set in the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897) in a way that you’re never likely to see on television unless HBO is planning a telenovela.
Famous playboy Xie Yifan sets out to bed wholesome widow Du Fenyu in a bet with an outstanding lady of society, Mo Jieyu, who’s out to get a young ingenue who’s crossed her path in the 1930’s Shanghai adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
With lyrics by Vincent Fang and music by Jay Chou, Chris Lee delivers the song Cold Blade (刀锋偏冷) to promote her upcoming film The Guillotines (血滴子), directed by Andrew Lau.