Totally agree, also the quill in the Syrian one makes it almost perfect for me. It’s a classic with a twist.

Another promising figure in Die Linke who is generally a bit more vocally anti-imperialist than the rest is Sevim Dagdelen, but lately i haven’t seen much of her.

Apparently she left Die Linke to be part of Wagenknecht’s new party.

I find that the “xenophobic” or “anti-immigration” claims against her and her party seem to be way overblown, e.g., look at the sheer number of first generation Germans in high positions of the party (if I remember correctly, Sahra herself is the daughter of an Iranian immigrant). Of course we’ve seen a bunch of self-hating grifters on the right with similar backgrounds, but if you actually read what is said in the manifesto, it doesn’t seem to be rooted in that kind of bigotry. I’m not German, neither do I live in Germany, so I might be missing some extra context and possible dog whistles.

When talking about immigration, sometimes we on the left fall into the mistake of promoting policies that only help capitalist exploitation while disguising it as progressive action. It’s a tough balancing act and that’s how I interpreted her party’s take. Maybe I’m missing something more problematic that she has said before. Also if, I remember correctly, in the manifesto they talk positively about refugees.

That being said I find her takes on “wokeism”, COVID and “idpolitics” a bit more concerning. I understand being tired of some parties that lib it up and sideline other struggles, but this are essential causes that cannot be separated from the whole proletariat fight. Overall I’ve a positive view on her, hopefully we can get a better picture of where the party actually aligns when their actual platform is released.

It depends, what’s your favorite genre? What do you define as “good movies”?

If you like historical movies, watch “The 800”.

If you like spy movies, check out “Cliff Walkers”.

If you want the equivalent of Murican patriotic action war movies, watch “Wolf Warrior”.

If you want something more serious, you might like “The Best Is Yet to Come” and “One Second”.

If you like comedies, I don’t usually watch it too much but I recently enjoyed “Full River Red”.

If you like SciFi, check out “The Wandering Earth” (and the prequel), I would also suggest watching CDrama “Three-Body” (which is also being adapted by Netflix now) although it’s kind of bloated.

If you like Fantasy, check out “Creation of the Gods”

There are so many more, I definitely have a recency bias and I have no doubt there’s some better movies out there for every taste. These are mostly not “peak cinema”, most are just commercial movies like we’ve in the West. You can find most Chinese movies with subs pretty much in any piracy site, dubs are unlikely or non-existent.

Edit: If you’re interested in learning more about Chinese cinema, I would suggest Accented Cinema.