Movies
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #8: Hong Kong Cantonese
English loanwords have changed this language of the Guangfu people and gangster films
FILM
The Life and Times of Yammie Lam
“Not crazy, just persecuted”—death of Hong Kong actress and MeToo figure highlight society’s treatment of sexual harassment and mental health
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Sightless Cinema
A day at Beijing’s Xin Mu Cinema, a low-key venue that provides movie screenings to the blind
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
‘Brother Orange’ saga to hit big screen
And the film will star Jim Parsons, AKA Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory
ARTS
Coming soon: Must-watch Fall films
With just four months left to go, here’s nine of the best upcoming movies in 2017
ARTS
Chinese Movie Translations: Fall 2017
Foreign film names get nonsensical once again as film title translators phone it in
ARTS
Nationalist ‘Wolf Warrior 2’ smashes records
Action flick is China’s biggest-ever box-office success, but is it propaganda?
ARTS
Binge-watching a martial arts master
Huo Yuanjia is a legendary Chinese martial arts master who has been portrayed in plenty of classics
ARTS
Chinese Sci-Fi on Screen
China’s sci-fi tradition is mostly in novel form, but it occasionally makes it way to screens big and small
ARTS
Streaming Sites For Every Occasion
It can be hard to watch your favorite movies and TV shows behind the great firewall. We’re here to help.
