Dalian Wanda Sets Its Sights on Hollywood
China’s real estate and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group, which controls AMC Entertainment...
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LatestThe Deepening China-Hollywood Connection
China currently has the world’s second largest film market (by total box office revenue),...
Wolf Totem’s “Fake Culture Forced on Mongolians”
Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post reports criticism of the “fake” Mongolian...
Hollywood’s Disappearing Chinese Money
At the Academy Awards on Sunday, singer John Legend and hip hop artist Common won the Oscar for...
Censors Delay ‘Gone With The Bullets’ Premiere
At The Hollywood Reporter, Clifford Coonan reports that the Beijing premiere of Jiang Wen’s...
Hollywood Gives China’s Censors a Preview
As it tries to tap the burgeoning Chinese film market with local flavourings and joint ventures, Hollywood has increasingly had to navigate the unpredictable demands of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, or...
James Cameron Sees China in 3-D
As China opens up its movie industry to more foreign films and increases the number of joint ventures with Hollywood, Oscar winning director James Cameron has said he will start a joint venture for 3-D film technology in China....
Q&A: Chen Kaige on the Future of Chinese Film
China Real Time talks to Chen Kaige, the “Fifth Generation” director of Yellow Earth and Farewell My Concubine, about censorship, Hollywood, and his latest film, Sacrifice, which arrives in the US this month. I’m not...
Lionsgate Gets Approval for The Hunger Games
As the partnerships between Hollywood and Chinese studios increase, Lionsgate, partnering with The China Film Group and Talent International, has received approval to screen “The Hunger Games” in China. Some observers were...
Titanic’s Return Suggests Stricter Censorship
James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ has returned to theatres with an extra dimension and a corrected star field. But some Chinese viewers are more focused on another change which reflects tightened media controls since...
China’s Film Critics Pinched Between Censors and Web
While the effects of government restrictions on China’s film industry (and, increasingly, America’s) have been widely reported, their impact on the country’s film reviewers has received little attention. At The...
Bale “Should Be Embarrassed” By Chen Guangcheng Visit
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters that Christian Bale, not China, should be embarrassed by his confrontation with guards outside the Shandong village of Dongshigu last week. Bale was attempting to visit legal...
Batman Star’s Visit to Chen Guangcheng Blocked
‘Batman’ star Christian Bale was involved in a scuffle and ensuing car chase during an unsuccessful attempt to visit detained activist Chen Guangcheng on Thursday. The incident was captured by the CNN crew which...
Hollywood Studio Under Fire for Filming Near Site of Chen Guangcheng's House Arrest (Updated)
The Los Angeles Times’ Barbara Demick explains how the air in Beijing can be “slightly polluted” according to Chinese measurements, but “beyond index” (formerly “crazy bad”) according to...
Party Elite and Police All Have a Say on Culture
TIME’s Austin Ramzy reports from the opening of the 6th Beijing Independent Film Festival, at which police made a special appearance against the backdrop of the Party’s Central Committee plenum. The BIFF opening was...
Venice Film Festival Credits Taiwanese Film to China
The Venice Film Festival’s classification of a Taiwanese film as a joint production with China has met with indignant opposition from the filmmakers, with backing from authorities in Taipei. From The Guardian: A protest...
Will the Great Film Quota Wall of China Come Down?
Following China’s failure to meet a WTO deadline on relaxing cultural import controls, The Guardian describes the Chinese film industry’s fears of “colonisation” if Hollywood movies flood in: The 20...
Blockbuster From China
From the Wall Street Journal, a look at famed Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s newest film, “Aftershock”: An ambitious, emotionally charged, occasionally melodramatic tale, “Aftershock” spans two of...
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