Posted in Movie News on August 26th, 2008 4 Comments »
From BFI website:
Chinese cinema seemed pole-axed in the 1990s by the shift from state control to the private sector, but it suddenly looks rejuvenated. With everything from big-budget spectacles to small, digital indies setting new creative highs, Tony Rayns has curated a selection of dazzling London premieres.
This selection of movies, all but one of them [...]
Posted in Movie Chat on August 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I went to Alice Lee’s play Dragon Lady: Being Anna May Wong at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play, written and performed by Alice Lee herself, tells the story of Anna May Wong, the first female Chinese star in Hollywood. The play made me think of Stanley Kwan’s Centre Stage (1991). It’s striking that after 80 years, [...]
Posted in Movie Chat on August 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
I wrote this on WaterInk, but guess some of the dianying.com visitors may be interested in this as well.
The Olympics has truly become showbiz when the headline is an adoring young girl lip-synced a song by another young girl at the opening ceremony. In the director’s mind, the girl with the best voice has to [...]
