dgeneratefilmsJun 18, 2009Changing the World (but don’t take our word for it!)SFGate Homepage featuring Ying Liang What a nice surprise to see our very own Ying Liang, director of Taking Father Home and The Other...
dgeneratefilmsJun 11, 2009Tiananmen Square in FilmLast Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square tragedy. We didn’t want to let it go without some making mention of it...
dgeneratefilmsJun 9, 2009Play the Jia Zhangke <i>24 City</i> East-West Match GameThe issue of the different reactions between Western and Chinese audiences to Chinese cinema has been with us for at least since the...
dgeneratefilmsJun 4, 2009Chinese Cinema at Cannes: Reviews of Lou Ye’s <i>Spring Fever</i>Another Cannes has come and gone; reports from my peers who attended were mostly lukewarm about the quality of the films they saw. I...
dgeneratefilmsMay 6, 2009Jia Zhangke profiled in <i>The New Yorker</i>In a sure sign that Chinese independent cinema is breaking into the American mainstream, The New Yorker has devoted a feature article to...
dgeneratefilmsMay 5, 2009A Report from YunFest 2009Tami Blumenfield at the University of Washington forwarded me a wonderful article highlighting a number of films that screened at YunFest...
dgeneratefilmsApr 30, 2009Still More Love for Ying Liang…If you love world cinema and you haven’t heard of Acquarello, you should. Acquarello’s site Strictly Film School is the source for some...
dgeneratefilmsApr 25, 2009A Couple Reviews that “Nailed” our FilmsCritic Nelson Kim of Hammer to Nail can definitely be considered an enthusiast of Chinese indie cinema, judging from a couple of recent...