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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 films, and mandatory ID registration. But that’s tempered by at least two big blockbusters that look likely to launch in the first week of... Read more...
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 about their plans for their funny comedy YouTube channel. Three years and 148 videos later, they've racked up 194,000 subscribers and... Read more...
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 since Spring Festival. They return this weekend with strict reopening rules and
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 Changchun to visit their terminally ill matriarch for the last time. Known in China as 别告诉她 ("Don't Tell Her"), the movie opened in cinemas on... Read more...
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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 Shanghai International Film Festival is fast approaching (watch out for our wire on that). And so... Read more...
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 Roma . X-Men: Dark Phoenix has also landed a China release date (June 6). Detailed info after the jump. Read more...
Like sand slipping through your fingers, Cinker Pictures has gone back to the Earth. The private cinema, which opened about a year in Taikoo Hui , has closed for good . Their phone number has been... Read more...
So many changes in the world of screens, from LED to Dolby Cinema to homegrown Chinese formats. What's it all mean, and where should you go? Read on! Read more...
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 another Mission: Impossible comes sprinting across the horizon. Read more...
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 and celebrate queer voices in film. Following on their call for submissions for entries from around the world,
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 district. The schedule is currently being released on SIFF's... Read more...
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 about. In the meantime, the Chinese film bureau surprises us by both importing one of the most terrifying sci-fi horror movies in recent years... Read more...
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 Disneytown this Thursday, to promote their upcoming documentary, Avengers: Infinity War , releasing next month in China. And it's... Read more...
We have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks, alongside the currently playing Black Panther, The Shape of Water, Tomb Raider and Pacific Rim Uprising , there are also more sci-fi and action flicks being added to the mix, including a critically acclaimed stop-motion drama from Wes Anderson. And let's not forget the biggest pop culture moment of this year... Read more...
Going to Cinker Pictures for the food might not have been a great idea, as many Dianping reviews suggested. About 15 minutes after we ordered 'Patatas bravas w/ black garlic' and were guaranteed that "all the snacks are prepared very quickly", the waiter came back and nervously apologized:... Read more...
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