Kirsti Jönson

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• Posted Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news) to Shanghaiist
  Mulan, the old Chinese tale that was made into a Disney movie in 1998, is finally finding its way back home to its original country. Under the direction of Jingle Ma and with Zhao Wei in the leading role, the movie about the female warrior goes up on cinemas starting Friday. Who can resist another epic costume drama from China?! We guess it´s about time Chinese film makers took back their legendary woman-warrior Hua...
• Posted Cinematheque: Get swept into the cradle of electronic music, hear Berlin calling... (and other film news) to Shanghaiist
  Are you a party animal, do you love electronic music, and do you happen to dream about the city of Berlin for just those reasons? Then you should come to Vienna Café on Thursday, who will show the 2008 flick Berlin Calling - a film about a Berlin DJ and his attempt to make it in the club music industry, "a melodramatic tragic comedy set in the world’s most recognizable and bustling hub of...
• Posted Cinematheque: Babylon - black culture, fighting racism and sweet music in British cult movie (and other film news) to Shanghaiist
  This Tuesday Sub-Cinema presents Franco Rosso´s film Babylon from 1980 Have you discovered Sub-Cinema, the new bi-weekly film screenings that started taking place at Dada last month? Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month you can watch cult classics, B-movies, independent cinema and documentaries - all for free! This week it´s time for Babylon, Franco Rosso´s film about black youth growing up in South London. Babylon, one of the most highly regarded cult...
• Posted Cinematheque: 1953 burlesque meets 2008 family drama (and other film news) to Shanghaiist
  Alliance Française keeps serving movies to all who are charmed by the rich French cinema history. On Saturday they offer a "crossed movies"- experience, where one 1953 Jacques Tati classic meets a 2008 drama featuring Isabelle Huppert. The event is called "Crossed Movies : Modern and burlesque society". Two movies will be screened, and as the event title suggests, it will offer a sort of comparison between the films and their way of portraying...
• Posted Cinematheque: Prepare for two weeks of MJ frenzy (and other film news) to Shanghaiist
  Oh good heavens, the new Michael Jackson documentary is here! For all of us who have spent hours in nostalgia, watching old videos and performances and nervously followed the news around his passing...here comes finally something yet unseen. This Is It is the recordings around the popstar´s preparations for his planned 2009 tour with the same name. The movie will be screened at cinemas during two weeks only, so you better get moving! As...