China Film Journal

華語電影刊

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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 ...
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Film Review: The Moss

Posted on September 16th by peijin.
Squat - The Moss via kwout Unfortunately, we haven't had enough time to devote to this website. I wrote a review that appeared on Batgwa/Squat, which you can read by clicking ...
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Peng Tao, Wait and 〈血蝉〉

Posted on June 24th by peijin.
彭韬凭《血蝉》获亚洲数码录像银奖 王小帅颁奖_影音娱乐_新浪网 via kwout《血蝉》(Xue Chan/Little Moth) is a film about a girl that gets sold into slavery, joining one of those large beggars' rings that anyone that's spent any time ...

John Woo: Red Cliff must go on…

Posted on June 11th by peijin.
Browsing Eachnet for headlines I came across some news regarding an accidental fire on the set of John Woo's upcoming historical action film Red Cliff. One person died and six were ...

Jia Zhangke, Jet Li, and the Sichuan Earthquake

Posted on May 22nd by peijin.
A quick post about some earthquake and film related news: first off, Jia Zhangke, at the Cannes Film Festival where his new film 24 City was recently screened, lead a moment ...

Vision Shanghai, Hong Kong Phooey, Tang Wei, and other movie news

Posted on March 27th by peijin.
Do films with titles like "Feathers of Dongtan" and "Sounds. Breaths" give you a tingle in your special area? If not, fret not, there's still some time to develop that acquired taste ...

Chinese movies don’t make much money…?

Posted on March 24th by peijin.
Chinese movies don't make any money: or at least, the only directors that make money are Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaoggang, says one real-estate investor who also dabbles in the media. This ...
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Is the film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking any good?

Posted on March 20th by peijin.
I did see Nanking, which was nothing special, biut was more looking forward to seeing this Canadian film Iris Chang: The Rape of ...