Red Alert: The Challenge of Bringing a Chinese Classic to Screen
Classic novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” has been subject to dozens of film and TV adaptations in the last century, but why is no one satisfied?
Classic novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” has been subject to dozens of film and TV adaptations in the last century, but why is no one satisfied?
Award-winning writer Yao Emei portrays the dark, brutally honest reality of women’s struggles in Chinese families, often due to men, in her latest sh…
Photographer Li Wei, better known as Dameng, captures how avocado farming transformed ethnic communities in a small southwestern village
Movie-going fatigue strikes audiences as box office revenues decline by almost half from last year’s summer season
Filmmaker and photographer Chan Hau Chun highlights the lesser-seen side of the metropolis
Hong Kong novelist Yi Shu’s works are being adapted for movie and TV, but not everyone is sold on the messaging of these female-centric stories
In a bid to appease the demand for a “true comedy,” “Successor” has won over audiences with its wit and humor, but falls short in humanizing the hard…
In a unique year with no winner for the Best Feature award, here are five movies from the FIRST International Film Festival that are still worth watc…
The work of Guangzhou-based photographer Yan Jiacheng captures life on the fringes through documentary and conceptual methods
An exhibition in Guangdong explores the personal emotions evoked by China’s rapid growth and construction obsession of the 1990s
Three-Body’s epic scale and its fiercely guarded fan base present challenges to adaptations
Artist Huang Heshan’s cyberpunk metropolis celebrates and critiques modern urban life, weaving together rich human connections with the looming dange…