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Elastic Girls | Short Story
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
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Can ‘Hero’ Save the Pandemic Film Genre in China?
A film from late 2022 offers something different from the maudlin sentiment of mainstream Chinese films about the human toll of Covid-19
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Picturing Xinjiang on the Big Screen
From cosmopolitan pictures to musical tourism advertisements, the Tianshan Film Studio once galvanized filmmaking in Xinjiang, but now struggles to regain its way
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What Does ‘Upcoming Summer’ Say about Youth and Love?
A “controversial” teen summer movie tackles coming-of-age and (possible) LGBT themes
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'Sister' Spotlights Male-Preferring Families
"Sister" puts the spotlight on Chinese families' traditional preference for sons
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Film Review: Chasing Her Shadow
Peng Fei's new movie explores how war orphans raised in China adapt to new lives in Japan
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Dealing with China's Cinema Censorship
What it takes to get Chinese film and TV to market
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Chinese Women Behind the Camera
Chloé Zhao and five more female film directors of Chinese descent to watch
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Watching with Mother
How an emotional female-centric comedy beat big budget competition at the Chinese box office
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