Since the last update it was announced that I’ve written another liner notes essay for a Criterion Collection release. This one is for Sammo Hung’s Eastern Condors, and it’s available for pre-order right now. I’ve continued on the festival beat over at InReview Online, where I reviewed Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud, Yang Li’s Escape from the 21st Century, Huang Xi’s Daughter’s Daughter, John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society, Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides, and Timo Tjahjanto’s The Shadow Strays.

I’ve compiled all my InRO Festival Reviews from this year into one convenient spot over at The Chinese Cinema, where I’ve also recently reviewed Soi Cheang’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, John Woo’s remake of his own The Killer, the documentary about cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-ping Let the Wind Carry Me, Corey Yuen’s The Bodyguard from Beijing, Jason Yu’s Sleep, Ryoo Seungwan’s Veteran 2: I, the Executioner, and a handful of movies that are streaming on the iQIYI channel (Fight Against Evil 2, Black Storm, Drunken Prodigy, Second Life, An Arrow through the Heart).

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These are the movies I’ve watched and rewatched over the last few months, and where they place on my year-by-year rankings.

The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin) – 1, 1925
The Untouchables (Brian De Palma) – 28, 1987
The Bodyguard from Beijing (Corey Yuen) – 79, 1994
Bad Boys (Michael Bay) – 66, 1995
The Waterboy (Frank Coraci) – 72, 1998

Let the Wind Carry Me (Kwan Pung-Leung & Chiang Hsiu-Chiung) – 48, 2009
Prometheus (Ridley Scott) – 65, 2012
Veteran (Ryoo Seungwan) – 37, 2015
Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott) – 144, 2017
The Night Comes for Us (Timo Tjahjanto) – 64, 2018

Dune (Denis Villeneuve) – 35, 2021
Fight Against Evil (Qin Pengfei) – 56, 2021
Hundreds of Beavers (Mike Cheslik) – 23, 2022
Sleep (Jason Yu) – 27, 2023
Fight Against Evil 2 (Qin Pengfei) – 78, 2023
Anyone But You (Will Gluck) – 82, 2023

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (Kevin Costner) – 2, 2024
Eephus (Carson Lund) – 3, 2024
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (Soi Cheang) – 4, 2024
Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola) – 6, 2024
Caught by the Tides (Jia Zhangke) – 8, 2024

Chime (Kurosawa Kiyoshi) – 9, 2024
The Shadow Strays (Timo Tjahjanto) – 10, 2024
Cloud (Kurosawa Kiyoshi) – 13, 2024
The Kadarius Toney Fan Club (Jon Bois) – 14, 2024
The Killer (John Woo) – 15, 2024

Escape from the 21st Century (Yang Li) – 16, 2024
Second Life (Chris Huo) – 18, 2024
Dead Talents Society (John Hsu) – 22, 2024
Veteran 2: I, the Executioner (Ryoo Seungwan) – 24, 2024
Dune 2 (Denis Villeneuve) – 25, 2024

Daughter’s Daughter (Huang Xi) – 26, 2024
Drunken Prodigy (Ashton Chen) – 29, 2024
Black Storm (Qin Pengfei) – 32, 2024
An Arrow through the Heart (Guo Yubo) – 37, 2024