China Box Office: ‘Lighting Up the Stars’ Wins Weekend, ‘Thor 4’ in Limbo Over Suspected LGBTQ Censorship
Local drama Lighting Up the Stars easily won a third consecutive weekend at China’s box office, selling $27.8 million worth of tickets for an impressive total of $186.3 million and counting. China’s film regulators haven’t granted Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder a release date yet — and it’s beginning to look as if they never will. Read more The Hollywood Reporter
‘Return to Dust’: The Chinese Film Pushing Realism to New Extremes
Li Ruijun has spent much of his filmmaking career trying to capture the reality of life in rural China. But in his latest feature, “Return to Dust,” the director has taken his commitment to authenticity to a whole new level. Before shooting began in 2020, Li issued a startling demand to his cast and crew: they would all need to spend the better part of a year living — and working — in a remote town in the northwestern province of Gansu. Read more Sixth Tone
