cinema

www.timeoutbeijing.com — The director talks about his latest film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, in cinemas from Friday 24 June

Wayne Wang is the Chinese-American director best known for a film about Chinese-American culture, 1993’s The Joy Luck Club, yet the 62-year-old has spent much of his career trying to maneouvre out of that cultural pigeonhole.

www.guardian.co.uk — Jia Zhangke began his career as an "underground" film-maker – directing movies that were praised abroad but never saw official release in China – and he complained of ongoing battles with censors as he addressed a cultural forum in Shanghai.

www.jingdaily.com — With the release of “Eternal Moment,” a film adaptation of the popular 1998 Chinese television drama “Cherish Our Love Forever,” a new wave of nostalgia has swept over the country’s so-called “Post-80s Generation,” those born and raised in the 1980s.

www.jingdaily.com — In part one of this two-part interview, conducted at MoMA in New York City, Jia discusses the current state of film production in China, his personal experiences as a young director in Beijing in the mid-’90s and support of young directors there today, and the difference between being an “underground” director and one who operates within China’s state film system.

www.chinasmack.com — Han Han has a pretty good argument as to why the failure of Confucius will be good for the Chinese cinema.