Creative consultancy group Spirit House and movie-loving coffee spot Vienna Café are putting together an entire months-worth of indie documentary film screenings to "share with Shanghai those fragments and viewpoints that we normally do not see, a different side of China, another state of life." more ›

It seems that if a retelling of Pocahontas with a hoard of 10-foot tall blue extraterrestrial beings is enough to spawn masses of people trying to “avatar-me” (not to mention nine Oscar nominations), then surely a 3D Monkey King epic is bound to be truly mind-blowing. You heard me, Monkey King in all his furry detail is coming to a fake DVD cart near you soon. more ›

While Aftershock, the movie about the Tangshan Earthquake of 1976, has been excessively popular, it's also been excessively pumped full of advertising - including 20 minutes of adverts before the movie even started. One woman was so mad, she sued. more ›

The 60th Berlin Film Festival began yesterday with a focus on Chinese cinema, and particularly, Shanghai - director Wang Quan'an lead the opening ceremony with a special screening of his new film "Apart Together (团圆 Tuan Yuan)" more ›

This season's much watch holiday movie, Bodyguards and Assassins is a highly anticipated action drama and studded with almost as many stars as Founding of the Republic. But this debut film of Cinema Popular, a collaboration between Hong Kong and Mainland filmmakers, is not your typical kung fu flick. more ›

Youku Buzz says that Chinese netizens dubbed it "the biggest paean pic all time". They also said the movie's director, Han Sanping, told reporters that nobody cared what the international market thinks of the film and even stated that foreigners probably wouldn't like it in the same way that Chinese people don't care about American Civil War epics. more ›