On Screen China: Holiday Weekend Sweeps Away ‘Batman v Superman’

 /  Box Office  / 
A giant hole left by Batman v Superman’s epic underperformance will leave ample market space for three local films during this weekend’s Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival. Read More

CFI Q&A With Author Peter Hessler on ‘River Town’ the Movie

 /  People  / 
Not Since 'Iron and Silk' in 1991 has there been a major motion picture about an American teaching in China. Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio Wins Green Chinese Hearts With Oscars Speech

 /  News  / 
It was a big deal to his legion Chinese fans when "Little Lee" used his Oscar acceptance speech to call attention to climate change. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Zootopia’ Is Setting Animation Records in China

 /  Box Office  / 
Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia just had the two biggest single days for an animation on record in China. Read More

What the Critics Think: Crosscurrent (2015)

 /  Reviews  / 
“This divisive film certainly falls into a similar Chinese New Wave groove thanks to its maddeningly riddle-like nature and strongly ambiguous atmosphere.” Read More

Chinese Trademark Registration Certificates Become Unavailable

 /  Legal  / 
The latest in a series of relevant posts for anybody doing business in China from our content partners at the China Law Blog. Read More

China’s Movie Tie-Ins Market a Real Bugbear

 /  News  / 
The experience of entrepreneurs like Xu Lei provides an insight into the difficulties studios face while trying to exploit the ancillary market for movie tie-in merchandise. Read More

On Screen China: A Busy Weekend of Theatrical ‘Cannon Fodder’

 /  Box Office  / 
A whopping 15 new films will be cast into Chinese theaters this weekend, representing the largest number of new releases within such a short time frame this year. Such a crowded calendar would be more typically seen in the United States, which had about twice the number of releases as China last year, and represents a relatively Read More

On Screen China: Can ‘Point Break’ Ride Out the Crowded Weekend?

 /  Box Office  / 
China’s booming box office hit another milestone Thursday afternoon, passing RMB 40 billion ($6.25 billion) for the first time ever in a calendar year. All 12 months of 2014 produced a box office gross of RMB 29.6 billion. December could add an additional RMB 4 billion – 5 billion to the 2015 gross with the release of Read More

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

 /  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

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