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Mainland China-born, Hong Kong-raised Cathy Yan may have directed  Birds of Prey—in fact, she is the first woman of Asian descent to ever direct a major Hollywood superhero franchise title, and was "earmarked" specially by Margot Robbie to do so—but most people probably haven't had the chance to see Yan's first-ever feature film, Dead Pigs. After screening at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and winning the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting,  Dead Pigs was sold for distribution, but only in mainland China. This Friday, the film will be available for the fir...

How the Birds of Prey director went from a low-budget Chinese satire to a $100m blockbuster, with a little help from Margot Robbie

Film and TV round-up: February 2021 Channel 4 start the year with three sharp shows to help you through lockdown, while MUBI continues to fill the gaping hole left by the closure of arthouse cinemas Article by Jamie Dunn | 02 Feb 2021 MUBI has always been cinephile nirvana, but as skittish studios continue to shunt their glitziest arthouse titles off to a hopefully COVID-free future ( Another Round, Promising Young Woman and Nomadland were some of the films we’d originally planned to review this month before they retreated at the 11th hour) this streaming platform’s continue...