Beautiful Diaspora: Ann Hui Ranked

“The shit?”

Those were the first words I uttered after finishing Ann Hui’s July Rhapsody. A sense of puzzlement, not at the film, it’s a rather simple film. No. More so under the guise of melodrama and a soap-opera-esque type plot, lied beauty noticeable upon completion. Haneke, Ophuls, Teshigahara, Schanelec, Sang-soo, just a few filmmakers I can think of who grip you and hold you to the very end. It’s an art form in and of itself.

As I write this, I’ve now seen 11 of her films. By no...