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The Popular TV Shows Taking Chinese Soft Power Abroad

May 10, 2018 / News /

Overseas episodes of much-loved programs are increasingly aligning with the national government’s development goals. Read More

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

Nostalgic December: In the Mood for Wong Kar-wai’s Melodrama and Feng Xiaogang’s ‘Youth’?

Dec 1, 2017 / Guide /

At the beginning of each month, CFI posts a comprehensive list of Chinese film screenings in NYC. Here is what to see in December. Read More

10 Highest Paid Chinese Film Stars Are All Men

Nov 14, 2017 / News /

It’s no surprise that Jackie Chan tops the list this year and earns an average of 80 million yuan per film. What is surprising, however, is that the first woman enters the list at number 14. Read More

Film Review: Han Han’s Race Back To The ’90s Is a Sentimental Journey

Feb 12, 2017 / Reviews /

Duckweed (2017), written by Yu Meng; directed by Han Han . Grade: A- It’s been a tumultuous decade since producer Fang Li of Beijing Laurel Films sighed to the foreign press about the fate of two of his movies that fell afoul of China’s censors for portraying a little too much real life grit. Both Lost Read More

On Screen China: Appealing to the Lowest Common Denominator

Dec 28, 2015 / Box Office /

Actor-director Deng Chao was accused of pushing Chinese comedy “to a new low in terms of racist and homophobic humor” after Deng himself donned blackface in last year’s The Breakup Guru, yet that film still managed to haul in $103 million from Chinese moviegoers. Read More

On Screen China: Christmas Eve Date Night at the Movies

Dec 24, 2015 / Box Office /

After a quiet start to the annual Chinese box office “New Year’s period” (贺岁档)—just $212 million grossed during the first 17 days of December—ticket sales exploded last weekend as homegrown blockbuster Mojin—The Lost Legend (寻龙诀) debuted with a record $93 million. Mojin will continue its trek this weekend as it attempts to topple Monster Hunt as the highest-grossing film of all-time in China. But the distributors of two new releases will try to take advantage of the considerable space left over in the market by an underwhelming run from Surprise (万万没想到). Read More