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Something to watch tonight: Monday 11 March

The Wild Goose Lake (Diao, 2019)

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Dan Slevin
Mar 11, 2024
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Still from the 2019 Chinese neo-noir film The Wild Goose Lake

Today’s recommendation is a stone-cold neo-noir classic. It played the 2019 New Zealand International Film Festival and I was able to preview it for RNZ:

The closest thing to a genuine masterpiece I saw in previews for this festival was Diao Yinan’s The Wild Goose Lake, a Chinese noir – a Chi-noir, if you like – that holds atmosphere, social politics and…

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