Preview – New Interdependencies in Chinese Cinema: Glocal Production and Cultural Hybridity, Institute of Advanced Studies, London, November 18
Since 2013, China has become the second-largest film market after the United States. The rapid growth of mainland China’s film industry has profoundly impacted and...
The Forest of Love (Japan, 2019)
Japanese auteur Sion Sono had his first taste of the streaming market in 2017 when his 8-episode miniseries, Tokyo Vampire Hotel, saw a worldwide premiere...
Call For Papers – Sino-Korean Screen Relations, University of Central Lancashire, UK, January 16-17, 2020
Papers are invited the topic of Sino-Korean Screen Relations for a symposium on 16-17th January 2020. The Confucius Institute funded symposium will bring together scholars...
The Climbers (China, 2019)
When asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory famously replied, “Because it’s there.” Although the legendary mountaineer receives more than one awed...
Mao Mao Cool (China, 2019)
Those who are familiar with the filmography of Zhang Yang are probably not surprised by his recent “shift” to documentary filmmaking beginning in 2015 —...
The Fourth Wall (China, 2019)
In theatrical and cinematic terminology, “the fourth wall” represents the barrier between the imaginary world of fiction and the real world of the audience. In...
Call for Papers – Sholay at 45, Birmingham City University, UK, April 8, 2020
August 2020 will mark 45 years of the film Sholay (1975). Written by Salim-Javed, produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by Ramesh Sippy, it is...
To Tokyo (UK, 2018)
British director Caspar Seale Jones and his team have made an impressive-looking debut that uses distinctly different landscapes to create a visually unique take on...
On Light and Shadow: A Conversation with Crosscurrent Director Yang Chao
For his second feature, director Yang Chao presents a trek that is at once ordinary and extraordinary: a largely solitary journey on a river in...
A Step Forward (Japan, 2019)
Despite the growing discourse surrounding suicide, very few documentary films have approached the topic in the same way as Atsushi Kasezawa’s A Step Forward does....