Liu Ching – MRQE

Great Performances:: Shaolin: Wheel of Life (TVE)

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Have you ever done a handstand… on the tips of your index fingers? How about snapping iron bars over your head as if they were bread-sticks? You’ll witness these amazing feats and much more in this astonishing London performance of China’s legendary Shaolin monks. In perfecting their martial arts prowess, these devoted Buddhists have honed their physical and mental disciplines to such an uncommon degree that their movements seem almost supernaturally powerful. From the athletic contortions of a young acolyte to an older monk being hoisted aloft on the points of sharpened spears, these men and boys have conquered and crossed boundaries of control that would strike most outsiders as impossible if it weren’t for their living proof. In demonstrating these and other kung fu skills, the Shaolin also enact their history as an enduring order, providing a theatrical narrative that’s literally breathtaking.

Gambit

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Taiwanese language film

Sen’ya ichiya monogatari

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Taiwanese language film

Di yu xin niang

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell (or Bride in Hell) is an adaption of The Mistress from Melynn, a 1960 novel by Victoria Holt. The story begins when a yacht is lost at sea. Then a telephone call between male protagonist Wang Yiming (Ke Junxiong) and his cousin Gao Fengjiao (Liu Qing) reveals that Wangs wife has perished while eloping with a neighbor. After female protagonist Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) learns that her older sister Ruiyun Wangs wife has died, Ruimei changes her identity and applies for a job as a tutor to Wangs daughter Shuyuan in a bid to solve the mysteries surrounding her sisters death.