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Tiny Times, a Chinese feature film set in contemporary Shanghai, made headline news on its opening day in late June by knocking the Hollywood blockbuster Man of Steel from its perch atop the domestic box-office and breaking the opening-day record for a Chinese-language 2D release.The film follows four college girls as they navigate romance and their professional aspirations,

Given China’s tightening restrictions on film, TV, art, writing, and journalism, and the reverberations from President Xi Jinping’s recent speech on culture, we asked contributors why they think Beijing has decided to ramp up its involvement in the business of culture, what this increased meddling may mean, and what its results are likely to be. —The Editors

China Box Office: Godzilla vs. Kong Walloped Again by Local Drama Sister Rebecca Davis, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Godzilla vs. Kong” was once again muscled out of the top China box office slot by local drama “Sister” thanks to a $13.2 million third weekend cume that was no match for the latter’s $21 million. Its China tally was a touch less than its $13.4 million second weekend sales in North America. Though “Godzilla” is being hailed Stateside as the highest grossing fil...

Netflix Acquires Mainland Chinese Fantasy Film Super Me Patrick Frater, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Global streaming service Netflix has acquired multi-territory streaming rights to upcoming Chinese fantasy film “Super Me.” The story is an aspirational tale, combining lucid dreaming and a rags to riches plot about a struggling screenwriter. It was directed by Chong Zhang (“Fourth Wall”) and has a cast that is headed by Taiwan’s Darren Wang, along with Cao Bingkun, Song Jia and W...

Netflix Picks up Chinese New Year Fantasy The Yin Yang Master Patrick Frater, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Netflix has picked up international rights to “The Yin Yang Master” a film that is one of the big seven tentpole titles that will open in mainland Chinese cinemas on Friday and compete for Lunar New Year holiday audiences. Netflix acquired distribution rights in the rest of the world ex-mainland China from Huayi Brothers Media (“The Eight Hundred”). More from Variety The fanta...

A Writers Odyssey. Basically Marc Forsters Stranger than Fiction, but with a lot more action, the Chinese film — previously titled Assassin in Red — follows Guan Ning ( Peace Hotels Lei Jiayin), a grieving father with special abilities who is hired by a shady tech company to kill a talented novelist ( Ash is Purest Whites Dong Zijian) whose writing prowess is able to shape reality itself. In exchange, the company will reunite Guan with his missing daughter. The movie was directe...

Beijing Pops: Celebrities’ Health App Data Leaked Online, Acclaimed Director Admits Plagiarism Jan 7, 2021 8:30 am | Add a comment | 1728 reads Feeling left out when your Chinese colleagues are gossiping about a trending star? Puzzled by those glamorous Chinese faces in subway ads, but cant even tell who they are? Our new column Beijing Pops will help you get through it all with the latest pop culture and celebrity news. Paparrazi in the Time of ...

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity Directed by Chinese hitmaker Guo Jingming, the film will debut on Netflix on Feb. 5 following its Chinese theatrical release on Christmas Day.  Netflix is adding fantasy film The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity to its pool of high-profile Chinese commercial movies. The feature, directed by youth-favorite filmmaker Guo Jingming, will debut on Netflix on Feb. 5, 2021 in every market where the streamer is active. The film is an adaptation of Japanese au...