How Fans ‘Lock Screenings’ to Support Their Idols

 /  Chinasplaining  / 
Suo chang, as it is called in Chinese, literally means to lock a screening. It refers to the practice of buying the minimum possible number of tickets to a single screening to ensure it will not be canceled for low attendance. Read More

Why This Tibetan Director Refuses to Romanticize His Homeland

 /  People  / 
Celebrated filmmaker Pema Tseden talks about why he refuses to romanticize his homeland in his pioneering Tibetan-language movies. Read More

China’s Venture Capitalists Are Going Gaga Over This Tibetan Pilgrimage Film

 /  News  / 
A film about the 1,200-mile journey from Tibet to the sacred Mt. Kailash has found a cult following among China’s venture capitalists and startup founders. Read More

China Box Office: Local Summer Films Flame Out

 /  Box Office  / 
Local films aren't exactly bringing in the crowds government regulators had hoped for during the annual summer blackout period as the weekend box office dropped to its lowest total since the beginning of April.  Read More

Director Dante Lam Finishes Shooting ‘Operation Red Sea’

 /  News  / 
Hong Kong director Dante Lam is wrapping up filming of, 'Operation Red Sea,' which follows his hit from last October, 'Operation Mekong,' and tells the story of the 2015 Chinese evacuation of citizens from war-torn Yemen. Read More

TCB in RMB: Wanda Reports Half-Year Income Jump

 /  Money  / 
Dalian Wanda Group, China’s property, and entertainment giant, reported overall revenue of RMB 134.9 billion (US$19.8 billion) for the first six months of 2017, an increase of 12.4 percent year-on-year. Read More

Film Review: ‘King of Peking’

 /  Reviews  / 
This must-see gem of a comedy from sophomore writer and director Sam Voutas is about father and son projectionists who stick together through hard times in Beijing, making ends meet by pirating movies. Read More

TCB in RMB: HS Entertainment Group plans for IPO

 /  Money  / 
HS Entertainment Group, a film and TV show production and distribution firm that produced Chinese actress-turned-director Zhao Wei’s "So Young," is aiming to raise RMB 900 million through the second-board market. Read More

Huayi Brothers to Build Film Studio in Nanjing

 /  News  / 
Leading Chinese studio Huayi Brothers Media broke ground on a new film studio in Nanjing, in China’s Jiangsu province on Wednesday. Read More

How Shanghai Can Become a Moviemaking Powerhouse Once Again

 /  News  / 
A dearth of talent once cast the city into the filmmaking wilderness, but recently, the sprouts of renewed growth have appeared. Read More

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