Beijing Besieged by Waste (dir. WANG Jiuliang) In the new issue of the journal Environment, Space, Place, Lorna Lueker Zukas of National...

The verbal information provided in Wang Jiuliang’s documentary, Beijing Besieged by Waste, is staggering: Beijing, with a population of...

The Search (dir. Pema Tseden) In the Tibetan news and culture website Phayul, filmmaker and writer Tenzig Sonam published a lengthy...

When Night Falls (dir. Ying Liang) In the New Yorker, Richard Brody reviews Ying Liang’s award-winning new feature When Night Falls,...

Twin Cities area film programmer Kathie Smith reviews Zhao Liang’s documentary Crime and Punishment, which screened earlier this year at...

Indiewire lends a double dose of coverage to Pema Tseden’s Old Dog on its New York festival premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival. The...

The Economist reviews Zhou Hao’s The Transition Period and places the film in the context of how local-level government operates, and the...

To celebrate its 50th issue, Cinema Scope has compiled a list of fifty directors under 50 who represent “the future of cinema.” Much to...

By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph "When The Bough Breaks" (dir. Ji Dan) Ji Dan‘s When The Bough Breaks, which made its North American premiere...

By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" (dir. Alison Klayman) The documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, which was directed by...

"Old Dog" (dir. Pema Tseden) By Maya Eva Gunst Rudolph At the Slamdance Film Festival, where Pema Tseden‘s elegiac 2010 feature Old Dog...

"Fujian Blue" (dir. Weng Shuoming) dGenerate Films is pleased to announce that Robin Weng Shuoming‘s Fujian Blue will be available to...

By Maya E. Rudolph From L to R: Dan Streible, Angela Zito, Wu Wenguang, Zhang Zhen “Independent film has gone from underground to come...

CIFF Official Logo Reporting for the Electric Sheep blog, John Berra delivers a comprehensive account of the sights and sounds of the 8th...

"No. 89 Shimin Road" (Dir. Shu Haolun) By Maya E. Rudolph No. 89 Shimen Road will screen tonight in Chicago at 7pm as part of the Doc...

By Maya E. Rudolph Xu Xin’s 2005 documentary Fangshan Church, an unassuming account of a Christian congregation in a somber agricultural...

Winter Vacation (dir. Li Hongqi) Li Hongqi’s award-winning black comedy Winter Vacation is labeled “Crucial Viewing” by the Chicago...

"Ghost Town" (dir. Zhao Dayong) Zhao Dayong’s epic documentary Ghost Town is labeled “Crucial Viewing” by the Chicago Cine-file blog. ...

By Kevin B. Lee "Are We Really So Far from the Madhouse?" Covering the Vancouver International Film Festival for Variety, Robert Koehler...

By Isabella Tianzi Cai "The Transition Period" shows the inner workings of local politics in China U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke’s...