Black Dog 狗阵 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 115 mins. Director: Guan Hu 管虎. Rating: 8/10. Elemental story of re-birth and renewal in a run-down town in northwest China is weakened by a too-level tone but finally delivers by the end. STORY Chixia township, on the edge of the Gobi desert, somewhere in northwest China, 30 … Continue reading Review: Black Dog (2024) →
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