As the title says. Anything current is preferred, but I would appreciate any suggestions.

In the Mood for Love - a chinese [in cantonese] film.

Truly an elegant film.

Thanks for that. I’m looking more for something in Mandarin…

Have you seen Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern? It’s quite impressive.

Or anything by Zhang Yimou in general?  Hero is a pretty good film you might even still see in a few theaters.  Yi yi is another great Zhang Yimou film.

I’m sorry, I watched Hero in theatres…while I do admit, it was exceedingly sylistically done…do not watch it for a well-paced and engaging storyline.  It was there, but far too dry and boring.  Sorry, didn’t like it at all. Can’t say for his other films, however.  :oops:

!nox

I would suggest…

Infernal Affairs - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/infernal_affairs.htm

It’s so good that Hollywood is going to “attempt” to make their own version of it.

Together by Kaige Chen
http://www.togethermovie.com

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]I would suggest…

Infernal Affairs - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/infernal_affairs.htm

It’s so good that Hollywood is going to “attempt” to make their own version of it.

Infernal Affairs is pretty good indeed, but isn’t it a HK movie?

[quote author=“luchao18”]Together by Kaige Chen
http://www.togethermovie.com

This is a wonderful film. I enjoyed it very much.

Chow Yun Fat in “The Killer.”  One of my all time favorite movies….so long as your into over-the-top gun violence.  Directed by John Woo.

Heh.. “The Killer” is indeed a John Woo classic. It does reminds me of Mr. Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” series. However, this is a Chinese-cantonese film; and babahi is looking for something in mandarin.

* I do notice that some Hong Kong films in DVD offers both mandarin and cantonese dialogue.

I’m Vietnamese and generally pretty ignorant….don’t know the difference.

[quote author=“jashsu”][quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]I would suggest…

Infernal Affairs - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/infernal_affairs.htm

It’s so good that Hollywood is going to “attempt” to make their own version of it.

Infernal Affairs is pretty good indeed, but isn’t it a HK movie?

Yes, but HK is Chinese as well…but Cantonese. The poster was referring to Chinese movies in general which includes Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese language films.  :wink:

[quote author=“babahi”]Thanks for that. I’m looking more for something in Mandarin…

He did want Mandarin films. :wink:

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]It’s so good that Hollywood is going to “attempt” to make their own version of it.

I cringe every time I hear that. I can’t begin to describe how much adapted material Hollywood has totally screwed up over the years from French and HK films to comic books to novels. Point of No Return was particularly galling. The only thing I can think of that actually improved from source material to film is Fight Club.

Oops.

Well, at any rate…most Chinese movies come with different language tracks. Cantonese and Mandarin. So, even if you get a HK film, you can watch it in Mandarin.

If you’re lucky and get a US released Chinese movie you also get the extremely awful American English dub which pretty much ruins any film.