“Striking and Powerful:” <i>Beijing Besieged by Waste</i> Reviewed
Beijing Besieged by Waste (dir. WANG Jiuliang) In the new issue of the journal Environment, Space, Place, Lorna Lueker Zukas of National...
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Jan 15, 2014
“Overwhelming Impact”: Review of <i>Beijing Besieged by Waste</i>
The verbal information provided in Wang Jiuliang’s documentary, Beijing Besieged by Waste, is staggering: Beijing, with a population of...
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Sep 4, 2013
Pema Tseden and the Emergence of Tibetan Cinema
The Search (dir. Pema Tseden) In the Tibetan news and culture website Phayul, filmmaker and writer Tenzig Sonam published a lengthy...
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Oct 29, 2012
The New Yorker Praises Ying Liang’s <i>When Night Falls</i>
When Night Falls (dir. Ying Liang) In the New Yorker, Richard Brody reviews Ying Liang’s award-winning new feature When Night Falls,...
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Aug 10, 2012
“An Observational Powerhouse:” Review of Zhao Liang’s <i>Crime and Punishment </i>
Twin Cities area film programmer Kathie Smith reviews Zhao Liang’s documentary Crime and Punishment, which screened earlier this year at...
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Jun 10, 2012
<i>Old Dog</i> a Hit at Brooklyn Film Festival; Screens Next Week at Northside Festival
Indiewire lends a double dose of coverage to Pema Tseden’s Old Dog on its New York festival premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival. The...
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Jun 4, 2012
“Remarkable” <i>Transition Period</i> reviewed in The Economist
The Economist reviews Zhou Hao’s The Transition Period and places the film in the context of how local-level government operates, and the...
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Apr 23, 2012
Cinema Scope Magazine Honors Chinese Filmmakers among “50 Best Filmmakers Under 50”
To celebrate its 50th issue, Cinema Scope has compiled a list of fifty directors under 50 who represent “the future of cinema.” Much to...
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Feb 28, 2012
Review: <i>When The Bough Breaks</i>
By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph "When The Bough Breaks" (dir. Ji Dan) Ji Dan‘s When The Bough Breaks, which made its North American premiere...
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Feb 2, 2012
Review: <i>Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry </i>
By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" (dir. Alison Klayman) The documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, which was directed by...
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Jan 30, 2012
Review: Pema Tseden’s Old Dog
"Old Dog" (dir. Pema Tseden) By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph At the Slamdance Film Festival, where Pema Tseden‘s elegiac 2010 feature Old Dog...
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Dec 20, 2011
Fujian Blue Available on Comcast On-Demand in January
"Fujian Blue" (dir. Weng Shuoming) dGenerate Films is pleased to announce that Robin Weng Shuoming‘s Fujian Blue will be available to...
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Dec 15, 2011
“Getting the Past Out Loud”: Wu Wenguang’s Memory Project and New Voices In Docume
By Maya E. Rudolph From L to R: Dan Streible, Angela Zito, Wu Wenguang, Zhang Zhen “Independent film has gone from underground to come...
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Dec 13, 2011
CIFF Roundup: John Berra Reports on Nanjing Festival
CIFF Official Logo Reporting for the Electric Sheep blog, John Berra delivers a comprehensive account of the sights and sounds of the 8th...
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Nov 21, 2011
Review: <i>No. 89 Shimen Road</i>
"No. 89 Shimin Road" (Dir. Shu Haolun) By Maya E. Rudolph No. 89 Shimen Road will screen tonight in Chicago at 7pm as part of the Doc...
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Nov 14, 2011
Review: <i>Fangshan Church</i>, an Intimate Look at Christianity in China
By Maya E. Rudolph Xu Xin’s 2005 documentary Fangshan Church, an unassuming account of a Christian congregation in a somber agricultural...
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Nov 13, 2011
<i>Winter Vacation</i> labeled “Crucial Viewing” at Chicago Doc Films
Winter Vacation (dir. Li Hongqi) Li Hongqi’s award-winning black comedy Winter Vacation is labeled “Crucial Viewing” by the Chicago...
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Nov 7, 2011
<i>Ghost Town</i> labeled “Crucial Viewing” at Chicago Doc Films
"Ghost Town" (dir. Zhao Dayong) Zhao Dayong’s epic documentary Ghost Town is labeled “Crucial Viewing” by the Chicago Cine-file blog. ...
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Oct 26, 2011
Three New Chinese Indie Docs Reviewed in Variety and Twitch
By Kevin B. Lee "Are We Really So Far from the Madhouse?" Covering the Vancouver International Film Festival for Variety, Robert Koehler...
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Oct 20, 2011
Review: <i>The Transition Period</i> shows the true power center of Chinese government
By Isabella Tianzi Cai "The Transition Period" shows the inner workings of local politics in China U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke’s...
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