Chinese Corruption Series ‘In the Name of the People’ Rules on TV and Online
(Variety) It is not just in the U.S. that the big-budget TV is grabbing the momentum from feature film.In China, a big-budget drama, “In The Name of the People” has become a smash hit on broadcast TV...
View Article'Magnificent 5' project to open BRICS Film Festival
The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in June and Chinese director Jia Zhangke's new short film will have its debut screening there, it was announced at the 7th Beijing...
View ArticleStars grace the 21st China Music Awards and Asian Influential Power Grand...
(Toggle) The 21st China Music Awards and Asian Influential Power Grand Ceremony was a star-studded affair, with stars from all over the world gracing the show.Some of the stars who were spotted at the...
View ArticleTaipei Story captures today’s nuance, 32 years after release
(Asia Times) The films of the late Taiwanese director Edward Yang have long been favored by cineastes and film critics but audiences seldom get to see Yang’s movies, especially on the big screen.His...
View ArticleFilm review: Shock Wave – Andy Lau plays bomb disposal expert in...
(SCMP) In 2013’s Firestorm, Andy Lau Tak-wah plays a supercop who takes on a ridiculously heavy-armed criminal syndicate, while the business district in Central goes up in smoke. All five fans of that...
View Article‘Fate of the Furious’ Passes $300 Million at China Box Office
(Variety) Hollywood action film, “The Fate of the Furious” passed the $300 million mile-post on the evening of Saturday at the Chinese box office.Data from local tracking agency China Box Office,...
View ArticleCrime thriller to close Beijing International Film Festival
(China Plus) "Battle of Memories," a movie that centers on a prestigious novelist who deletes the memory of his failed marriage, will be screened on Sunday, the closing day of this year's Beijing...
View ArticleWhy writer Mo Yan thinks his Nobel Prize was a blessing and a curse
(SCMP) Chinese Nobel Prize for literature winner Guan Moye, better known by his pen name Mo Yan, is desperate to get back to writing.It has been almost five years since the Shandong province-born...
View ArticleAnti-corruption drama magnifies Chinese political culture for foreigners
(Xinhua) A television series depicting China's ongoing harsh campaign to crack down on corruption is fast gaining its word-of-mouth popularity among not only Chinese households but also some foreigners...
View ArticleHit TV Series Takes Page From BBC With Recycled Letters
(Caixin) “We were young and fought for the future together. As a wife, I got more loneliness from him than happiness, but as his fan, I appreciated his thought-provoking films … Everything from our...
View ArticlePress conference for “Fighter of the Destiny”
Fighter of the Destiny is a Chinese television series adapted from the novel of the same name by Mao Ni. It stars Lu Han, Guli Nazha, Janice Wu and Joseph Zeng. The series started airing on Hunan TV on...
View ArticleZhao Wei at the 8th China Film Directors Guild Awards
Zhao Wei at the 8th China Film Directors Guild Awards on April 22, 2017 in Beijing, China.Source: Xinhua
View ArticleFan Bingbing attends the China Film Directors Guild Awards
Fan Bingbing wins Best Actress award at the 8th China Film Directors Guild Awards for "I Am Not Madame Bovary" on April 22, 2017 in Beijing, China.Source: Xinhua
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Love Off the Cuff’
(Variety) Although raunchy as ever, the third entry in the hit rom-com series about an on-again, off-again relationship shows signs of fatigue.The dialogue is dirtier than ever, and the gags...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’
(Variety) The most high-profile Chinese screen adaptation of a foreign novel in years, “The Devotion of Suspect X” by bestselling Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino is given a diligent, if a tad...
View ArticleChina Box Office: 'Fast 8' Races Past $300M, Chases 'Furious 7' for All-Time...
(THR) Universal's The Fate of the Furious downshifted a few gears in its second weekend but still put up huge numbers at the Chinese box office, earning $54.3 million for a massive 10-day total of $318...
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