Censors block Lu Chuan film
SHANGHAI -- Censors have blocked the latest film by Lu Chuan, one of China's rising helmers, as local filmmakers expressed their frustration saying censorship puts them at a disadvantage in competing...
View ArticleProject Market travels beyond Asia for lineup
The Asian Project Market aims to encourage collaborations between Asian and non-Asian filmmakers. Projects at this year's APM encompass a wide range of regions from Asia to the Netherlands, to Turkey,...
View ArticleExclusive Media Boards Jackie Chan-Bingbing Fan Comedy
Exclusive Media set to produce and co-finance Sam Fell’s action comedy "Skiptrace," starring Jackie Chan and Bingbing Fan.
View ArticleVenice Film Review: ‘Red Amnesia’
An award-worthy perf by stage vet Lu Zhong fuses together the incongruent elements of “Red Amnesia,” Wang Xiaoshuai’s involving if fragmented take on an older woman lost in the disorientation of...
View ArticleChina’s Wang Xiaoshuai Wraps First Part of Homeland Trilogy
Leading Chinese auteur Wang Xiaoshuai has completed a marathon three-month shoot for “Di Jiu Tian Chang.” The film is the first installment in what Wang calls his Homeland Trilogy, examining changing...
View ArticleWang Quan’an Heads to Berlin Film Festival With ‘Ondog’
As with Wang Xiaoshuai, who also appears in competition at Berlin, Wang Quan’an belongs to what Chinese call the sixth generation of filmmakers. That means he is in his 50s, grew up in the immediate...
View ArticleWang Xiaoshuai Tackles China’s Big Issues in ‘So Long, My Son’
Already being tipped by some sources as the most beautiful movie in Berlin this year, “So Long, My Son” is Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai’s biggest film to date. Biggest in terms of ambition, budget...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘So Long, My Son’
The airplane runs into turbulence, the seatbelt announcement sounds, and Yaojun (Wang Jingchun) and his wife Liyun (Yong Mei) automatically clutch hands. The rough air passes, the craft steadies and...
View ArticleHuanxi Media Strikes Two-Film Deal With Double Berlin Winner Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai, the Chinese film director whose “So Long, My Son” picked up two top prizes at this month’s Berlin Film Festival, has stuck a production deal with expanding media group Huanxi Media....
View ArticleWang Xiaoshuai’s ‘Chinese Portrait’ Snapped for U.S. Release
“Chinese Portrait,” the unusual 2018 film by Wang Xiaoshuai, has been picked up for Stateside release by indie outfit Cinema Guild. The picture will have its North American Premiere at Doc Fortnight,...
View Article‘Chinese Portrait’: Film Review
The original title of Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Chinese Portrait” means “My Lens” in Mandarin, and indeed the director’s unconventional documentary reflects his personal vision of his home country. Inspired by...
View ArticleThe Match Factory Boards Wang Xiaoshuai’s ‘Above the Dust’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Leading arthouse film sales company The Match Factory has boarded Wang Xiaoshuai’s drama “Above the Dust,” the follow-up to the director’s “So Long, My Son,” which won Silver Bears for best actor and...
View ArticleChina Directors Guild Crowns ‘Wandering Earth,’ Derek Tsang, Wang Xiaoshuai
Chinese sci-fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth” was named film of the year by the China Film Directors Guild at its annual awards ceremony on Saturday night in Beijing, local media reported. The award...
View Article‘Parasite’ Dominates Online Edition of the Asian Film Awards
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” predictably dominated the Asian Film Awards. The dark comedy, which won Cannes 2019 and four Oscars, added four further prizes on Wednesday, including best film and best...
View ArticleChina’s Wang Xiaoshuai Goes Low Budget and Improvisational in Toronto Drama...
Wang Xiaoshuai, director of “So Long, My Son” and “Red Amnesia,” will be the most senior mainland Chinese director to present a new film at a major Western festival this year. That may be a reflection...
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