A spaghetti western? Filmed in Shanghai? That's apparently what Shangdown: The Way Of The Spur is. Filmed completely in Shanghai and directed by Jakob Montrasio, it's calling itself a gritty western with an Asian twist. The trailer is above. more ›

Shot by Jakob Montrasio along Zhapu Road in Shanghai with a Sony Cinealta PMW EX1 for Father John, an upcoming feature film by Meiwenti Productions. more ›

Because you never know who might be watching what we put up on the site. Longtime photo contributor Jakob Montrasio had his amazing images of Pudong skyscrapers featured in a New York City exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum this month. How did they find out about him? Through us! We featured his pics in a post titled “Photos that actually make Pudong look cool” in April 2007. more ›

‘Majestic Film Verleih’, the company who will bring the movie to german cinemas released 8 official press pictures who show the stars in action. Also, german broadcasting agency 'Deutsche Welle' released a clip on YouTube with a report about the shooting in Shanghai. more ›

When Shanghai resident and blogger Jakob Montrasio posted this photo on our Contribute Page, we wondered exactly when he visited the Forbidden City, because the blue skies in the photo weren't in Beijing last week when we were there. Then we realized the photo was taken in Zhejiang Province — a place called Hengdian World Studios (横店影视城) — where a seemingly life-size replica of the Forbidden City can be found (with a small mountain... more ›

Color us excited. The "Lust, Caution" trailer is out! more ›

Jakob Montrasio points us to a most unbelievable ranking of the world's top 25 cities with skyscrapers published by the German magazine Spiegel: more ›

We use the word "blockbuster" very loosely. Via our Contribute page we found this recent post by Shanghai blogger Jakob Montrasio: more ›

Some of Jakob's HDR images of Pudong skyscrapers look like artist renditions of future projects. Some look like they were pulled from the pages of a neo-noir graphic novel. And others just look a little too perfect. more ›

This photo was taken by Shanghai blogger Jakob Montrasio on Saturday. He writes: more ›

We didn't go to Eric Clapton's Shanghai concert on Saturday night (we opted for Yunnan food) but luckily some Shanghai bloggers did go. Here's a snippet from Jakob Montrasio's report. more ›

Meanwhile, locals watched skater exhibitionists, had near-death experiences snowboarding, checked out the flowers in Century Park, sang their heart away, went to their favorite bars, and, well, did their laundry. more ›

... drum roll, please: more ›