| Cinema |
| 100
Greatest Chinese Films of the 20th Century |
As chosen by Asia Weekly, & translated & provided
with links by Shelly Kraicer |
 100
Greatest Chinese Films of the 20th Century |
"selected by an appointed committee composed
of 7 film experts from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan" in
1999 |
| Asian
Film Connections: China |
"background information about the Chinese
film industry, current trends & important events"; highlighted
films with film stills & video clips; highlighted directors;
educational curriculum |
| The
Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures |
(in Chinese) Selected by committee at the 24th
Hong Kong Film Awards |
| Bright
Lights |
Profile of Sixth Generation directors by Richard
Corliss (Time Asia, Mar. 26, 2001) |
| A
Case Study of the Influence of Directorial Gender on the Representation
of Female Sexuality in Four Contemporary Chinese Films |
Lara Vanderstaay's analysis of Red Sorghum, Soul
of A Painter, Blush and Suzhou River (Proceedings
of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association
of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format) |
| Chinese
Cinema |
"history, news, & visual materials
about Chinese cinema, ... [&] a bibliography of selected publications
in English on Chinese cinema" |
| Chinese
Cinema Links |
Compiled by Yomi Braester of the University
of Washington |
 Chinese
Cinema Page |
Shelly Kraicer's reviews of contemporary Chinese
films from Taiwan, Hong Kong, & mainland China |
| Chinese
Cinema Web-based Learning Center (CCWLC) |
Project directed by Yingjin Zhang & providing "a
foundation for digital film library in the areas of film instruction,
film archive, and film research": critical bibliography; historical
statistics; chronologies of mainland, Hong Kong & Taiwan film
history; course syllabi; recommended films; must-see films; directors;
films; stars & stills from early Chinese cinema; distribution
sources; links; "A Centennial Review of Chinese Cinema",
etc. |
| Chinese
Feminist Film Criticism |
Gina Marchetti's review of a volume of collected
essays by a noted film and cultural studies scholar, Cinema and Desire:
Feminist Marxism and Cultural Politics in the Work of Dai Jinhua
(Jump Cut, no. 46, summer 2003) |
| Chinese
Film, Chinese Media & Print Culture |
Bibliography of online & print resources maintained
by Kirk A. Denton of Ohio State University: cinema resources organized
by period & by director; general reference; interviews; scripts;
film theory, etc. |
| Chinese
Language Films at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival |
Shelly Kraicer's review of 9 films from mainland
China & Hong Kong, including Zhang Yimou's House of Flying
Daggers,
Jia Zhangke's The World, Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, & 2 films
by Johnnie To (MCLC Resource Center, 2004) |
| Chinese Movie
Database |
(in Chinese & English) Searchable database
for "Chinese movies made in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
and other countries/regions, from 1905 to present"; title index;
poster gallery; film awards; bibliographies; top 10 lists; what's
playing; forum |
| Cinemaya Highlighted Articles: China |
Selections from Cinemaya, The Asian Film
Quarterly |
| Contemporary
Film Theory in China |
1995 essay by Hu Ke of the China Film Art Research
Centre, with introduction by Chris Berry |
| Dancing
with Myself, Drifting with My Camera: The Emotional Vagabonds of
China's New Documentary |
Bérénice Reynaud's essay in Senses
of Cinema (Sept./Oct. 2003) |
| Directors'
Takes on China |
Perspectives of 3 directors on how they capture
the fast changes of China in their films: Chen Kaige, Beijing; Andrew
Cheng, Shanghai; Doug Chan, Macau (BBC News, Feb. 17, 2004) |
| Film & Media Bibliography |
Bibliography listings by period, director & other
categories -- Part of the Modern Chinese Literature & Culture
(MCLC) Resource Center |
| Film
in China |
From China Internet Information Center: history;
latest news; people; reviews; posters |
| Filmsea.com |
(in Chinese) Film news, reviews, commentary, & columns;
film artists; film database; laws & regulations for Chinese films |
| Internet
Guide for Chinese Studies: Film and Movies |
Annotated list edited by Martin Gieselmann |
| Interview
with Zhang Hui-Jin, President of the Beijing Film Academy |
Conducted by the staff of Harvard Asia Quarterly (Summer
2003) |
| Lost
in Time, Lost in Space: Beijing Film Culture in 2004 |
Shelly Kraicer's analysis of Beijing cinema
as cinema of loss, focusing on Jia Zhangke’s The World,
Gu Changwei's Peacock, Zhang Lu’s Tang Poetry,
Zhu Wen’s South of the Clouds, Xu Jinglei's Letter from
an Unknown Woman, Liu Fendou's Green Hat, & Pan
Jianlin’s Good Morning Beijing (Cinema Scope, Winter
2004) |
| Performing
the Documentary, or Making It To the Other Bank |
Discussion of recent Chinese documentaries by
Charles Leary (Senses of Cinema, Issue 27, July-Aug. 2003) |
| Screening
Modern China: Chinese Film & Culture |
Eileen Chow's fall 2001 course at Harvard |
| Shanghai
Film Studio |
(in Chinese & English) movie stars, directors & creative
artists; movie database; company information, etc. |
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| Top
103 Chinese Language Films |
(in Chinese) Program & production notes
on the top 103 Chinese-language films of all time, as selected by
a panel at at the 24th
Hong Kong Film Awards on the
occasion of the centenary of Chinese cinema |
| Udine
Far East Film Festival 2004 Program Notes: China |
Maria Barbieri's Perseverance
Pays Off: Chinese Cinema in the Year of the Goat; Peter Loehr's The
State of Chinese Cinema - The Market; Shelly Kraicer's Beijing
Opera, Revolutionary Opera, and Jiang Jie; interviews
with Zhang
Yuan & Xie
Dong |
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