Chinese Cinema

Vic Zhou and Barbie Hsu break up

Budi Putra — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:46:18 +0000

Top celebrity couple, Vic Zhou and Barbie Hsu, who gained wide popularity through the 2001 hit television drama “Meteor Garden”, have broken up.

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Michelle Yeoh to get France’s Legion of Honour

Elvi Susanti — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:14:53 +0000

A great news for Chinese movie world. Malaysian-Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh is to receive France’s highest civilian honour, French Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.

The former Bond girl is to receive the award in an Oct. 3 ceremony in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

She also casted in Ang Lee’s 2000 kung fu hit “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

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Chinese movies to dominate Rio film festival

Elvi Susanti — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:07:36 +0000

Chinese movies move forward in the ocean of international movies. This year’s Rio International Film Festival, has chosen China as its annual select of focus country. Cognrats.

A total of 12 latest Chinese films and eight classic productions from the 1930s and the 1940s will be shown to the Rio audience at the festival, which will take place from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.

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Chinese, Japanese’s showbiz towards new direction

Elvi Susanti — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:05:25 +0000

It’s still take a time to prove whether it will be success or not in the long run. With its mix of Chinese and Japanese talent, Hong Kong directors and Chinese-Japanese financing, thriller movie “Confession of Pain” exemplifies the new direction in which the Asian entertainment industry is heading.

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TV Asahi will air Taiwan singer Teresa Teng drama

Elvi Susanti — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:56:36 +0000

The television drama about the eventful life of an Asian diva, Teresa Teng (1953-95), will air in Japan.

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Lost in translation: Hamlet in Chinese film

Elvi Susanti — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:50:07 +0000

Tokiko Oba of Daily Yomiuri wrote a piece about Chinese version of Hamlet, The Banquet. Directed by Feng Xiaogang and starred by Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming and Ma Jingwu, Oba said this film tends to fall in, what he called, “overboard” category.

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Chow Yun-fat rejoins cast of John Woo’s new epic

Budi Putra — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:37:32 +0000

After dropping out earlier, Chow Yun-fat has tentatively agreed to rejoin the cast, a publicist for one of the investors in John Woo’s Red Cliff said.Source | Photo source

Warner will offer movies online in Hong Kong

Budi Putra — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:33:41 +0000

Warner will offer movies online in Hong Kong. Why? This is an effort to control piracy there.

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Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai finds success

Budi Putra — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:29:58 +0000

A good news for Chinese film world. I don’t see his film yet, but hopefully some I have a chance to enjoy this talented-filmmaker’s work.

The 48-year-old auteur, who this week becomes the first Chinese filmmaker to open the Cannes film festival with “My Blueberry Nights,” his debut English-language work, has won praise for his visual style and sensual art films as well as a clutch of international awards.

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Welcome to My Chinese Cinema Blog!

Budi Putra — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:58:07 +0000

Welcome to My Chinese Cinema Blog!