Tag Archives: film

Boom times for Chinese film, but what comes next?

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) and Sanlian Life Week (三联生活周刊) examine China’s film industry.

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Further restrictions on foreign cartoons, and horror movies

New rules restricting horror movies and further restricting TV broadcast of foreign cartoons.

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Danwei Picks: Stephen Chow the migrant worker

CJ7 and class struggle; Catherine Sampson’s Chinese mysteries; Mao’s 10 million women; and branch campuses in China.

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Media speculation surrounding Zhang Yuan’s arrest

Three perspectives on the Zhang Yuan (张元) drug bust.

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Danwei Picks: another sort of PX protest

MLB to come to China; PX workers protest the plant move; Gan Xiao’er’s religious film-making.

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Drug busts nab Zhang Yuan, Wu Lala

Director Zhang Yuan (张元), sound man Wu Lala (武拉拉), and artist Mi Qiu (米丘) picked up for ice and K.

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Watch ‘The Case’ in Beijing

The Case, a film directed by Wang Fen the young filmmaker interviewed in a recent Danwei TV episode will be screened at Beijing’s Changhong Cinema (near Dongsi subway station) on Sunday January 13 at 2pm. You can register for a … Continue reading →

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Lost in Beijing finally gets killed

SARFT (广电总局) brings down the hammer on Lost in Beijing (苹果), one year after its offense.

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Cinema meets Web 2.0 in Beijing

A post about Ruzuo.com — a service that lets movie lovers get together online to request cinema screenings of their favorite films.

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Female filmmakers in Yunnan

A video interview with director of ‘The Case’ Wang Feng, and producer Lola.

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