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[11 Jan 2012 | 16 Comments | ]
Top 10 Chinese-language films that should be in the Criterion Collection

Taste of Cinema writer David Zou sets out his Chinese-language wish list for Criterion. Will the likes of Farewell My Concubine and A Better Tomorrow make the Criterion Collection? Do they deserve to?

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[16 Nov 2009 | 4 Comments | ]

World Cinema fan? – World Cinema bargains on Amazon.co.uk
10. Mark Lee (AKA Mark Gor)
Played by Chow Yun-Fat
Gangster Mark sports a duster, Alain Delon sunglasses and constantly chews a toothpick – and it’s a well known fact it doesn’t get any cooler than that (in fact, Quentin Tarantino reportedly copied the look and sported it for months after watching the movie). Mark isn’t just the epitome of cool though – he is a hitman of considerable skill and flair, and you cross him at …