FILM
How New China’s Movie Industry Began in the Northeast
Changchun Film Studio went from puppet-state propaganda to the beating heart of Chinese film
Film History
FILM
Left in the Dust: Shaking Rural Cliches in Films on Northwest China
Can films and literature from the Northwest shake their strong association with rural subjects?
MODERN HISTORY
The Traveling Projectionists Who Brought Entertainment to Farmers
Zhao Jishan, “the movie man,” spent years dragging a mobile cinema through rural China to bring entertainment to the villages
ARTS
Rustbelt Renaissance: China’s Post-Industrial Northeast Rises Again in Film
Why is China’s Northeast such a fertile setting for film, music, and literature?
MODERN HISTORY
30 Years of Kissing in Chinese Cinema and Society
From controversial kiss scenes in movies to stolen trysts by the riverbank, here’s how China rediscovered kissing after the Cultural Revolution
FILM
Nü Perspectives: Striving for Better Female Characters on Chinese Screens
Do female characters in Chinese cinema and TV pass the Bechdel test?
FILM
What Spooked China’s Horror Film Industry?
China’s domestic horror films still struggle to impress audiences
MODERN HISTORY
Remembering the Chinese Women Who Danced for the World
Too many of the Chinese diaspora’s leading female artists and performers have been forgotten. Director Luka Yuanyuan Yang wants to reclaim their tran…
