If you loved Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, try Shanghai Express
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Shanghai Express is
The Shanghai Express dares to ask: can you find love on a train in wartime? Passengers on the titular train from Peking to Shanghai find themselves caught in the middle of the Chinese Civil War. It's a credit to the film that everyone seems so glamorous despite the circumstances.

