Overview of articles
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Now Wait for Last Year
Future music and dreamed reality in the architecture of the explosively growing city of Beijing.Published on: -
River People
He Jianjun, maker of the Sixth Generation classic Postman, is convincing with a beautiful, almost documentary portrait of two young fishermen on the YPublished on: -
24 City
Master chronicler of change in China, Jia Zhang-ke, continues to innovate his style. Documentary flows into fiction. In nine ‘interviews’ we see the sPublished on: -
Jalainur
Spectacular shots of snow, smoke and steam trains used for the coal mines of icy Jalainur, in Inner Mongolia, accompany a refined drama about a…Published on: -
Er Dong
Best narrative Chinese indie of the last year and an almost epic tale on modest low-budget canvas, about the maturing of the uprooted protagonist Er…Published on: -
The Land
A gem. Without judgement or drama, but with all the more feeling for every daily detail and composition, the debutant He Jia shows a remote…Published on: -
Good Cats
Ironic analysis of the conflict between farmers and project developers in Ying’s home province Sichuan sketches a satirical yet also surprisingly lighPublished on: -
A Narrow Lane Celebrity
A brilliant, blackly comic script and the subtle comic genius of star Zhu Xu mark this as one of the best tragi-comedies of post-liberation Chinese…Published on: -
Whose Utopia
Lamp factory asked a playful artist if she would realise an art project in the company. You’d think a lamp factory would know what was…Published on: -
The Alley
A disconcerting and exhilarating attack on both narrative cinema and politically repressive master narratives. A victim of persecution pitches a screePublished on: