Derek Kwok |

Contemporary Chinese Cinema: The Year So Far

Dec 7, 2017 / Opinion /

This is an unsteady time, as likely to be exhilarating as confounding, as Chinese cinema attempts to both assert itself as what we are repeatedly told will soon be the world’s largest film market while integrating the stars and traditions of the Hong Kong and Taiwanese pop culture industries. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Wu Kong’ Swings to Dominant Weekend Victory

Jul 18, 2017 / Box Office /

Despite tepid audience reaction, fantasy-action pic Wu Kong became the first local production in 165 days to win China's weekend box office crown. Read More

On Screen China: Back to (Monkey) Business as Usual as China Shuts Out Imports

Jul 13, 2017 / Box Office /

After a long box office drought for domestic films, action-adventure pic Wu Kong -- China's latest adaptation of the universally-adored Monkey King saga -- kicks off the summer blackout period and will become the first local production in 5 months to gross more than RMB 100 million ($15 million) on a single day. Read More

Contemporary Chinese Cinema: The Year So Far

China Box Office: ‘Wu Kong’ Swings to Dominant Weekend Victory

On Screen China: Back to (Monkey) Business as Usual as China Shuts Out Imports

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