No one can accuse the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival of lacking in diversity or international appeal. The festival in China’s financial hub and most cosmopolitan city will open with the restored classic Two Stage Sisters, a film from 1964 about two actresses in pre-revolutionary China, and close with a movie from half a century later that is almost its total opposite -- Transformers: Age of Extinction. Photos: Johnny Depp's First Trip to China The festival has also announced the remaining four of 15 films competing for the Golden Goblet, and has added a few countries to the fest’s impressive checklist
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- 6/5/2014
- by Clifford Coonan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Great news for us lovers of Asian Cinematography. The British Film Institute (BFI) along with Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) will present one of the largest and most complete retrospective of Chinese Cinema. The films presented will not be only from China itself but there will be productions from Hong Kong and Taiwan too. This awesome event will be held from June until October 2014 so don´t worry you will be able to enjoy the showcase throughout the year.
Each month the BFI will present different programs with different showcases. In total there will be five programs lasting around one month each. During June, The Golden Age the focus will be classic movies from the 1930s and 40s. Also during June there will be another program called A New China which movies were done during the post-war era and focus on melodramas, war films and different satires. On July this change in the Swordsmen,...
Each month the BFI will present different programs with different showcases. In total there will be five programs lasting around one month each. During June, The Golden Age the focus will be classic movies from the 1930s and 40s. Also during June there will be another program called A New China which movies were done during the post-war era and focus on melodramas, war films and different satires. On July this change in the Swordsmen,...
- 6/4/2014
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Chinese movie legend Xie Jin has been found dead in a Shangyu hotel. He was 84.
The moviemaker was in the city to attend an anniversary for a school he once attended and when he failed to make appointments, hotel staff were alerted and checked his suite.
The cause of death is unclear.
In a blog posting on Saturday, actress Liu Xiaoqing, who starred in Xie's 1968 masterpiece Hibiscus Town, revealed she last spoke to the director on Friday as he was preparing for the school party.
Liu said Xie drank some alcohol at a banquet later that evening.
The director's impressive list of credits include The Legend of Tianyun Mountain and Stage Sisters.
The moviemaker was in the city to attend an anniversary for a school he once attended and when he failed to make appointments, hotel staff were alerted and checked his suite.
The cause of death is unclear.
In a blog posting on Saturday, actress Liu Xiaoqing, who starred in Xie's 1968 masterpiece Hibiscus Town, revealed she last spoke to the director on Friday as he was preparing for the school party.
Liu said Xie drank some alcohol at a banquet later that evening.
The director's impressive list of credits include The Legend of Tianyun Mountain and Stage Sisters.
- 10/20/2008
- WENN
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