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Melbourne 2018 Review: WRATH OF SILENCE Violently Twists and Turns an Epic Tragedy

Genre influenced festival fare from China keeps on impressing, and Wrath of Silence may be the best, and most commercially friendly of recent efforts yet. This is the kind of film that grips you, and long after seeing it, parts...

NYAFF 2012 Screening: THE SWORD IDENTITY Weaves a New Tale

The 2012 New York Asian Film Festival is now in full swing, and in addition to full reviews we'll also be posting capsule reviews for some of the titles that we've covered before. Case in point: the New York premiere...

TIFF 2011: THE SWORD IDENTITY Review

Everything old is new again in Xu Haofeng's The Sword Identity. Written and directed by the screenwriter for Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters - Xu also handles fight choreography here - The Sword Identity announces the arrival of a significant...

THE SWORD IDENTITY Teaser Premiere

Xu Haofeng - script writer for Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters - is about to premiere his directorial debut The Sword Identity in Venice and Toronto and ScreenAnarchy is proud to premiere the film's English subtitled international teaser.Once upon a...

Three Clips From Xu Haofeng's THE SWORD IDENTITY

Though Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters may not be be in Toronto or Venice, its screenwriter Xu Haofeng is in both with his directorial debut The Sword Identity.In a martial arts event during the Ming Dynasty, a young swordsman must...

THE GRANDMASTERS Screen Writer Debuts With THE SWORD IDENTITY

Remember the name of Xu Haofeng, you will be hearing it a lot in coming months.Xu was a script writer on Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmasters - insert obligatory WKW script joke here - but while his contribution on that...