This screenplay concerns a young man labouring in the countryside with other exiles from China's cities, who is suddenly assigned to teach in a nearby village school. The script is accompanied by an essay discussing the emergence of the "new wave" of Chinese cinema, placing the films in their social and cultural context and focusing on the directors, writers and cameramen, who have been responsible for this breakthrough in Chinese cinema.

King of the Children: And the New Chinese Cinema

Rayns, Tony

Kaige, Chen

Faber&Faber

Fassbinder

Humor & Entertainment

British Film Inst

Get ready to head off on a sometimes shocking, often jaw-dropping but always hilarious journey around the world as Tony Rayns earns a living as an engineer. Lacking in tact and often unprepared he is used to surviving on nothing more than his wits and the occasional pot noodle. Whether in Syria, India, Nigeria, Barbados, Brazil or Angola, on an oil rig, power station or cement plant, it isn't long before he's managed to put his size 8 work boot well and truly in it. Simple tasks like ordering a drink, taking a shower and boarding a plane have landed him in trouble. He's not fared much better up against the local wildlife. A colourful array of local characters have attempted to keep him out of harm's way. Meet Veer Singh, his long suffering driver in India, Mr Bazooka the 'do not exit the airport without me under any circumstances' Nigerian bodyguard, and the machine gun armed 'Danger Car'. Though lacking in bilingual abilities through necessity he can ask for a beer in 17 languages while his undiscovered talent as a mime artist helps him negotiate the more technical situations. Join him on a romp around the globe and through the last forty years as he ventures 'Where Engineers Dare'.

WHERE ENGINEERS DARE

Rayns, Janice

Travel

Independently published

Set in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cambodia in the 1960s, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love – without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are tenants in next-door apartments in Hong Kong who discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Both of them have promiscuous colleagues at work, but they struggle to make sense of their partners' behaviour – and to control their growing feelings for each other. Hailed by the press as 'the consummate unconsummated love story of the new millennium', this film about desire repressed has become a firmly established classic of the twenty-first century. In his sharp and revealing analysis of In the Mood for Love, Tony Rayns draws on his considerable expertise in East Asian cinema and on his proximity to Wong Kar Wai and his colleagues at Jet Tone during the film's long and complicated genesis. He delivers a personal and highly original commentary on the film and its production, complete with privileged insights into Wong's idiosyncratic working methods and influences. The book also places the film in the context of Wong's other work, with sidelights on its place in Hong Kong cinema as a whole. This special edition features original cover artwork by Jimmy Turrell.

In the Mood for Love (BFI Film Classics)

Movies

British Film Institute

Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, renowned Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born 1970) has directed several acclaimed features and dozens of short films, including Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Palme d’Or prize at Cannes; Tropical Malady, winner of a 2004 Cannes jury prize; and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival. Themes in Weerasethakul’s films include dreams, nature, sexuality and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia; the director also shows a preference for unconventional narrative structures, like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film, and for working with those who have no previous experience of acting. For Tomorrow For Tonight features new work exploring the theme of night through video, photographs and installation.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul: For Tomorrow For Tonight (IRISH MUSEUM OF)

Arts & Photography

Joo, Eungie

Dercon, Chris

Individual Artists

Irish Museum of Modern Art

This is an introductory guide to Jang Sun-woo, one of the most controversial and talented Korean film directors. Written by Tony Rayns, a critic and also a film director himself, this book contemplates JangSun-woo films with a scholarly passion and delves deep into Jang's contradiction--that he knowingly and happily situates himself in the margins of the Korean film industry, producing work with popular appeal, a contradiction that exactly mirrors the rapid evolution of the film industry itself.

Jang Sun-woo

Seoul Selection USA, Inc.

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