Representation of the Cultural Revolution in Chinese Films by the Fifth Generation Filmmakers: Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
International News: Lu takes directing prize for 'City of Life and Death' -- It was yet another kudo win for indie darling "Samson and Delilah" as it took out the feature film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards held on Thursday night on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
hamid & company (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Trumpet: Directors: Chen Kaige , Werner Herzog , Victor Erice , Spike Lee , Jim Jarmusch , Wim Wenders , Aki Kaurismaki . Nicolas McClintock , on the genesis of the film: "I was reading Italo Calvino's collection of lectures, Six Memos For The Next Millenium, that quoted one old Sicilian folk-story-teller saying something that jumped out at me: "Time takes no time in a story." In...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Say what you will about the inevitable "change of heart" China's fifth generation has gone through over the last decade or so, but one of the most fascinating aspects of current Mainland cinema is exactly how some of those Beijing Film Academy graduates are approaching what is at the center of their transformation, the 主旋律 (main melody, and you know which "melody"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Founding of a Republic, a state-funded film that marks 60 years of Chinese communism, features all-star cameos from the likes of Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi A government funded, all-star propaganda film about the birth of modern China under communism has become the biggest homegrown film of all time at the Chinese box office. The Founding of a Republic, directed by Han Sanping and Huang...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Anyone familiar with Chinese history must have heard at least once about the four classic beauties of ancient China ( 四大美人 ). They were Xi Shi of Yue, Wang Zhaojun of the Western Han, Diao Chan from the three kingdoms period and, last but not least, Yang Guifei of Tang, still the most renowned of all four (the guifei/ 贵妃 here is not a name, but a title indicating...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Film Festivals: Director's 'Assembly' tops festival awards -- Chinese helmer Feng Xiaogang underlined his reputation as the country's favorite helmer when his war epic "Assembly" scooped film, director, cinematography and music awards as the Golden Rooster Festival wrapped on Saturday.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The list includes Bong Joon-ho's "Mother"from Korea, Germany's Michael Haneke ("The White Ribbon") and China's Chen Kaige ("Forever Enthralled").
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
We have the full list of the films that 65 countries have nominated for the Oscar.
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Sez the Academy: Albania, “Alive!,” Artan Minarolli, director; Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director; Armenia, “Autumn of the Magician,” Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors; Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director; Austria, “For a Moment Freedom,” Arash T. Riahi, director; Bangladesh,...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
A famed Chinese director who was banned for a 1993 film says his nine-year absence from the movies turned out to be a welcome chance to catch up on foreign works.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
HONG KONG -- A famed Chinese director who was banned for a 1993 film says his nine-year absence from the movies turned out to be a welcome chance to catch up on foreign works.
New Film Dimension (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
I haven't seen Gong Li out at an event in ages! She did something different with her hair! (click to enlarge) US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match Time:...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Today is the official cut-off period for countries to submit films to be considered for the 2010 Academy Awards in the Foreign Language category. A number of countries (Columbia, Egypt, Iraq, Cuba, Lebanon, Singapore, Puerto Rico) have yet to announce their submissions, though it just may not have been officially mentioned yet. As for the new editions, Greece made a (maybe?) surprising decision to...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
A look at the annals of Chinese cinema's controversial fifth generation and you'll find plenty of interesting stories to tell, but Sun Zhou's is amongst the most intriguing. After working on TV in Shandong and shooting a popular drama, Sun suddenly quit and moved to the renowned Beijing Film Academy, from which he graduated in 1986. But with no job in sight and the prospect of unemployment, Sun started...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The latest film from the director of Farewell My Concubine's (about Peking Opera stars) new film is also about a Peking Opera star, this time, a real-life one, Mei Lanfang (Leon Lai plays him). Zhang Ziyi also stars. Forever Enthralled...
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