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Film Appreciation: “Raise the Red Lantern” at 35 — The Aesthetics of Confinement

November 15, 2026

Restored in 4K and screening at the Brattle Theatre, Zhang Yimou’s sumptuous, suffocating masterpiece turns household rituals into instruments of control.

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Film Appreciation: “Raise the Red Lantern” at 35 — The Aesthetics of Confinement

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