China Film Journal

華語電影刊

Things added in October, 2008

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Film Review: The Equation of Love and Death (李米的猜想)

Posted on October 26th by peijin.
Zhou Xun plays Li Mi, a plucky Kunming cab driver secretly nursing a broken heart and obsession—the man she loved disappeared four years ago and their one-way line of communication are the ...

Art House Confidential: A Night at the Museum

Posted on October 23rd by philip.
Earlier this year, we prefaced our interview of a rising star in film with the provocative title, The World is Not Enough: Has Jia Zhangke Permanently Left the Art House? I should hope ...
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RIP Xie Jin

Posted on October 19th by peijin.
The famed Chinese film director died on October 18 at the age of 85. The International Herald Tribune said this about Xie's life during the Cultural Revolution. <blockquote>Xie himself ...

Film Review: Fujian Blue (金碧辉煌)

Posted on October 9th by philip.
The feature film debut of Robin Weng Shou-ming (翁首鸣), Fujian Blue follows a group of disaffected, purposeless souls who spend their time blackmailing middle-aged women and clubbing away their twenties. Such ...