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The new sexy Xu Jinglei

Xu Jinglei’s new sexy image.

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Taxi vs Taxi

Two films about Beijing taxi drivers have some remarkable similarities.

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Beijing Queer Film Festival

An interview by Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn with two of the organizers of Beijing’s fourth Queer Film Festival that took place this summer. Shot and edited by Patrick Carr of Mandarin Film.

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Human flesh search engine film, part two

The second part of Human Flesh Search Engine, a short documentary film directed by Luis A. Tapia.

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What do stars having a meeting look like? On Founding of a Republic and Ye Daying’s Tian’anmen

Movie directors and stars came together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Two films, Tian’anmen (天安门) and The Founding of a Republic (建国大业) have been presented almost like “gifts” to the State for the anniversary.

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Chinese filmmakers withdraw from Melbourne movie festival

Yangcheng Evening News: Three Chinese filmmakers have withdrawn their movies from the 58th Melbourne International Film Festival.

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Object lessons in human cruelty

Wu Fei, an essayist and educator, uses the inclusion of Schindler’s List in a middle school textbook as the starting point for a discussion about the dehumanizing effect of on-screen killing, from televised executions intended to calm the anger of the public, to war movies that feature graphic violence.

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Halle Berry at Shanghai Film Festival

On Saturday there was a rather cheesy opening ceremony for the Shanghai Film Festival, featuring Jacky “Submissive” Chan and Halle Berry.

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Hard Queen, Up from the Underground

The full cut of Luis A. Tapia’s documentary Up from the Underground, about Shanghainese band Hard Queen as it prepares to release its debut EP, “Holiday.”

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Jia Zhangke in The New Yorker

Jia Zhangke video and links.

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