DAILY BRIEF: Sep 23, 2019

NEWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

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  How TikTok Holds Our Attention

  On the popular short-video app, young people are churning through images and sounds at warp speed, repurposing reality into ironic, bite-size content. The New Yorker

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  "Little Q" Continues to Lead Chinese Mainland Box Office

  Domestic drama "Little Q" continued to lead the Chinese mainland box office on its second day of screening on Saturday, the China Movie Data Information Network said Sunday. Xinhua

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  Chinese Movie Remake of “Midnight Diner” Falls Flat

  Following in the footsteps of an eponymous Japanese TV series, the Chinese cinematic remake of Midnight Diner (distinct from the Chinese television remake) seeks to explore human drama through the framing of cuisine. Cinema Escapist

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  London East Asia Film Festival 2019

  This year’s London East Asia Film Festival is set to be its biggest and best yet, with over 60 titles from 11 countries being screened in the capital. The 2019 Actor Focus will be all about Hong Kong’s most renowned actor Aaron Kwok, with LEAFF celebrating 'Port Of Call,' 'Cold War' and 'After This Our Exile.' Metro

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  Gu Xiaogang Gets Personal Talking About His Sweeping Family Epic

  ‘Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains’ is a scroll painting by Huang Gongwang, one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Rising director Gu Xiaogang’s film of the same name uses the painting to contrast this distant period with the social upheavals of his hometown in Fuyang district, Hangzhou, which lies in the shadow of the Fuchun mountains and on the banks of the Fuchun River. That's