If the Chinese government wishes for Chinese films to circulate internationally, China simply needs to produce better films, which not only an international audience, but first a Chinese audience at home, will find enjoyable...
The film Detective Chinatown, recently pulled from a screening at the Thailand Film Destination Festival, exoticizes Thai culture. We might take a look...
What are the politics that undergird Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Assassin", which has been much fêted on the film festival circuit? Are they ultimately the politics of Taiwan's pro-unification Left?...
Since the Chinese economic miracle, the Taiwanese film industry has been awash with Chinese money. Does beneath this lurk the specter of Chinese attempts to influence Taiwan through soft power?...