In the online journal Senses of Cinema, Luke Robinson reviews the documentary Meishi Street (directed by Ou Ning) which will screen this...

By Shelly Kraicer Just having a party: This year's Beijing International Film Festival had to take a more casual tone. (photo: ArtInfo)...

By Isabella Tianzi Cai Police inspect illegal cooking oil, better known as 'drainage oil', seized during a crackdown in Beijing (Photo:...

By Genevieve Carmel Participating filmmakers at the 2nd Annual Beijing New Youth Film Festival (photo: Genevieve Carmel) The 2nd annual...

By Isabella Tianzi Cai The Olympic Stadium in Beijing, designed by Ai Weiwei in the city he now calls "a nightmare" In his essay posted...

By Shelly Kraicer Visitors seem dazzled by the might of painterly propaganda in the "90th anniversary of the CCP" painting exhibit. A...

By Shelly Kraicer The gallery of Ancient Chinese art in the National Museum of China may be the new highlight of anyone's visit to...

By Kevin B. Lee Demolition Dominates the Residents of Beijing in "Meishi Street" In China Beat, Jared Hall reports on the spate of public...

By Shelly Kraicer I previously wrote here about the cancellation of the 2011 Beijing Independent Documentary Film Festival (DOChina) at...

Jonathan Landreth reports for the Hollywood Reporter: BEIJING – Organizers of a long-standing Chinese independent documentary film...

Director Ying Liang Director Ying Liang was interviewed at the Apple Store Sanlitun Beijing, as part of the “Meet the Filmmakers” series,...

Poster for Beijing Landscape exhibition (click to englarge) By Sara Beretta In depicting the instability of China’s social environment,...

Artist Ai Weiwei (source: Archinect) By Isabella Tianzi Cai Chinese architect and artist Ai Weiwei, designer of the famous “Bird’s Nest”...

Using (dir. Zhou Hao) Chris Hawke profiles documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao in the Global Times. In the past, Zhou’s probing work has...

Film Director Yang Jin dGenerate Films and the Apple Store in Beijing continue their ongoing series showcasing China’s newest filmmakers...

Using (dir. Zhou Hao) A former Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekly photographer, Zhou Hao began making independent films in 2002....

Karin Chien, President of dGenerate Films Movie Art China at Sanlitun SOHO is the first event of its kind in China with thousands of...

By Isabella Tianzi Cai The 5th Beijing Film Festival is taking place from October 1 to 7 this year. It is organized by the Li Xianting...

By Isabella Tianzi Cai In the article, Teng gives a comprehensive overview of the civic documentary movement in China for the past few...

Thomas Mao (dir. Zhu Wen) By Shelly Kraicer During a recent interview with an independent Chinese journalist, I was somewhat taken aback,...