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Shanghai Film Shares Rise on IPO

Aug 17, 2016 / Money /

Shanghai Film Group saw its stock prices climb 44 percent on its first day of trading Wednesday, just one week after China Film Co. did the same in its own IPO. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Leads in Lull, Indie Producer Begs for Screens

May 16, 2016 / Box Office /

Fang Li released a video of him kow-towing to theater chains on behalf of the late Wu Tianming's last film. Read More

Award-Winning Screenwriter Talks about Her Novel on China, Japan, War

Apr 28, 2016 / News /

Scribe behind director Zhang Yimou's ‘Coming Home’ and ‘Flowers of War’ talks about her most-difficult book yet. Read More

When Push Comes to Shove—Movies, China, and the World: A Q&A with Richard Peña

Jan 12, 2016 / People /

Richard Peña, the director emeritus of the New York Film Festival, talks to us about the changes of China's national cinema and what Hollywood and China can offer to one another. Read More

19 Chinese Films Richard Peña Recommends

Jan 12, 2016 / News /

Richard Peña, director emeritus of the New York Film Festival, shared his top picks from decades of watching Chinese cinema. Read More

Chinese Hits Miss Out on the Global Box Office

Oct 26, 2015 / News /

If he’d had the time after meeting American captains of industry in Seattle and Barack Obama at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping might have ducked out at the close of his United Nations appearance and into a New York movie theater to check on how China’s other soft power ambassadors—its movies, not its Read More

Finding Freedom in China on Film: A Q&A with Jia Zhangke

Oct 7, 2015 / People /

Like all of Jia’s films, "Mountains May Depart" contains strong social commentary. The film, which stars Jia’s wife, Zhao Tao, explores freedom: how one conceives of it, what one does to get it, and how others try to limit it. Read More