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8 Movies That Capture the Characters of Shanghai

2024-04-16 - By SmSh

If you can't get enough of this beautiful city, here are 8 movies that put it back on your screen. Read more...
[The Big List]: Summer Blockbuster Cinemas, 2023

2023-07-18 - By SmSh

The ultimate guide to everywhere in Shanghai you can catch a movie on the latest technology -- updated for a new era: 2023. Read more...
A Guide to the Shanghai International Film Festival 2023

2023-05-31 - By SmSh

A city-wide public celebration of international films kicks off on June 9. Read more...
[Collection]: The Highest Tech Cinemas in Shanghai, 2021

2021-09-28 - By SmSh

The ultimate guide to everywhere in Shanghai you can catch a movie on the latest technology -- updated for a new era: 2021. Read more...
Film Nights, Open Mics, and Kaos: This Week's Creative Events

2021-04-27 - By Jamie Wilson

We've got another selection of weekly art and arts-adjacent events for you, starting with two happening tonight and more throughout the week. Monthly event Kaos: Art in the Underground is also occurring this Friday, so read on to learn... Read more...
[In Focus]: Shanghai Film Park

2021-04-12 - By Toni Ventura

Pull back the curtain for a peek inside the silver screen inspired Shanghai Film Park. Read more...
How to Use WeChat to Buy Movie Tickets in Shanghai

2020-08-25 - By Anthony Gates

Movies, tickets, cinemas – everything you need, all without leaving WeChat. Read more...
Cinemas Are Back Open (with Limits)! Here’s What’s On, What’s Coming, and How to Book

2020-08-12 - By SmSh

It’s been a while since we’ve seen the silver screen. Now it’s back. With limitations, yes, but it’s a move in the right direction. What type of limitations? No tickets sold at the door, social distancing in the seating chart, a moratorium on 3D... Read more...
Mamahuhu Is (Maybe) Done Forever But Their 30-Minute Grand Finale is Definitely Showing This Weekend

2020-07-10 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

It's been three years since Mamahuhu made its big triumphant comeback. We did an interview with them back then in a bar that doesn't exist anymore... Read more...
Movie Theaters Re-Open on Saturday, Extra Spacing Between People

2020-03-26 - By Songbei Zhang

Two hundred and five movie theatres in Shanghai will reopen on 28 March, according to an official announcement . More locations are a pending-to-reopen list. Theaters have been closed... Read more...
Go See The Farewell If You, Or People You Care About, Are Huayi

2020-01-20 - By Lynn Yen

It’s been rainy and cold. The Chinese New Year mass exodus has already begun. So what better way to spend January in Shanghai than to watch a movie. The Farewell is an indie comedy-drama film about a Chinese-American family returning to... Read more...
Secret Cinema: We Tried The Latest Immersive Cinema Thing From London, Now Open

2019-11-26 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Warning! This article contains spoilers! (Also useful information) Read more...
All the Movies in Cinemas This June, and There's Alot!

2019-06-06 - By Jin Qian

The superheroes are back, wrapping up the final episode of the X-Men franchise and the last of phase three Marvel Cinematic Universe. There's also two reboots that many people might not even know have been made. The Read more...
The New Godzilla and X-Men Confirm Release Dates; Roma, Aladdin, and Many More in the Cinema This May

2019-04-29 - By Jin Qian

We have a bunch of good foreign-friendly movies coming up post-Endgame. They are shaping up well for next month: blockbuster heavyweight Godzilla , Disney's live-action reboot of Aladdin , and the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film... Read more...
R.I.P.: Boutique Cinema Cinker Pictures Has Closed

2019-01-18 - By SmSh

Like sand slipping through your fingers, Cinker Pictures has gone back to the Earth. The private cinema, which opened about a year in Read more...
Mission: Impossible 6, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Mamma Mia Get Mainland Release Dates

2018-07-30 - By Jin Qian

We are back with another movie wire, after the great Mainland summer dryspell. It seems like the cinema was feeling a little unbalanced after all the major Disney releases were done for the year (well, most of them). Until now, that is, when... Read more...
SHQFF Releases Their Short Films Selections for September's Festival

2018-07-17 - By Morgan Short

Shanghai's most wonderful-est film festival, the Shanghai Queer Film Festival , is returning to our city's cinemas, coffee houses, and bars-with-screens, this September to once again observe... Read more...
Shanghai International Film Festival Releases Schedule; Box Office Opens Saturday Morning

2018-06-08 - By Jin Qian

At the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival , their 21st edition, around 500 films will be played at 45 cinemas in Shanghai from June 16 to June 25, across every... Read more...
'Infinity War', 'A Quiet Place', the new 'Jurassic World' and More in Cinemas

2018-05-04 - By Jin Qian

Six Four Disney movies in six months. Is that normal? That's the world we're living in. As people are still busy debating the cultural appropriation of Isle of Dogs , next week, they'll have Thanos' skin tone to talk... Read more...
Fanboys Assemble: Iron Man, ~~Thor~~ Spiderman, The Hulk, and Loki on the Red Carpet in Shanghai Tomorrow

2018-04-18 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

The superheroes who play Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth Tom Holland, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Hiddletydiddelty, will be attending a full-on media blowout red carpet event at Read more...

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