With a sizable box office and a diverse lineup, the Chinese film industry is off to a good start in the Year of the Rabbit
Indie hits and notable flops: Here is a roundup of big happenings in Chinese and diaspora films this year
From cosmopolitan pictures to musical tourism advertisements, the Tianshan Film Studio once galvanized filmmaking in Xinjiang, but now struggles to r…
Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China
Can films and literature from the Northwest shake their strong association with rural subjects?
Short short movies are lowering the threshold of filmmaking, five minutes at a time
Do female characters in Chinese cinema and TV pass the Bechdel test?
China’s domestic horror films still struggle to impress audiences
A handful of independent short films promote empathy and compassion toward war victims in Ukraine
Documentary-makers have been turning out works of high artistic and social value since the 1990s. But is their golden age over?
A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads
Gong Li’s yarn of empowered female espionage in war-torn Shanghai aimed big at the Chinese box office, but confuses complexity for entertainment
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