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

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Maternal Instinct

Director Yang Lina breaks new cinematic ground with portrayal of mother-daughter relationship based in hate

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My Country, My Cinema

Two recent releases try to push the boundaries of “patriotic” filmmaking

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Fangyan Friday #8: Hong Kong Cantonese

English loanwords have changed this language of the Guangfu people and gangster films

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

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Coming soon: Must-watch Fall films

With just four months left to go, here’s nine of the best upcoming movies in 2017

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Chinese Movie Translations: Fall 2017

Foreign film names get nonsensical once again as film title translators phone it in

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Nationalist ‘Wolf Warrior 2’ smashes records

Action flick is China’s biggest-ever box-office success, but is it propaganda?

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Binge-watching a martial arts master

Huo Yuanjia is a legendary Chinese martial arts master who has been portrayed in plenty of classics