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Earlier this month at a creative writing school in Havana, I found myself wondering if there is such a thing as a national literature any more, something autonomous and utterly distinctive, and with a sufficiently large local...
BEIJING, Nov. 26 -- Now, from a man who has been getting plenty of appreciation and recognition recently, director Zhang Yimou's much anticipated comedic thriller "A Simple Noodle Story" is about to join in the competition for...
Singapore, Nov 25, 2009 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore filmmakers will soon have an opportunity to acquire advanced filmmaking skills at the world's largest television and film studios located in Zhejiang, China. This follows a...
If you yearn for exotic adventures, but lack funds to get you through Christmas, let alone journeys to far off lands, fear not. A magic carpet in the shape of the Pan- Asia Film Festival awaits you. China, Japan, Taiwan,...
In the decade or so since Zhang Yimou’s groundbreaking Turandot in the Forbidden City, China has stepped up its campaign to perfect the Great Chinese Opera – not simply westernised versions of their own brassy stage tradition,...
Presidential visit treated in low-key way China embrace Obama minus rebukes The Chinese government likes to bring out top helmer Zhang Yimou when it has major political events to choreograph, but the "Red Sorghum" director was...
How does one make a movie that is invited to show at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France? But selfish desires intervene.... How did this simple storyline become a movie invited to show at one of the world’s premiere...
International News: Presidential visit treated in low-key way -- The Chinese government likes to bring out top helmer Zhang Yimou when it has major political events to choreograph, but the "Red Sorghum" director was absent when...
The director of Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II returns to his Hong Kong-cinema roots with a battle epic based on a war fought in China 18 centuries ago. Critic Mark Jenkins says that while Red Cliff 's scope is certainly...
