Plot: Mainland writer/director Li Yu teams with producer and screenwriter Fang Li for this tale of money and love in the Chinese capitol. Lin Dong (Tony Leung Kar-fai) is a resourceful entrepreneur from the southern province of Guangdong who has risen ... Read More
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This is the kind of news item that burns through my guts: according to Variety, producer Fang Li and co-production company Beijing Laurel Films have been banned from any involvement in the film business for two years by the State Administration of Radio,...
For all the plights of North American filmmakers, there's always someone, somewhere who has it worse, and it's usually directors in China. Chinese laws are quite strict, which often leads filmmakers to be incredibly creative in showing certain themes --...
If there's one thing the films here in Berlin have in common (at least with most of the flicks I've watched) it is sex ... and lots of it. Just today, both films (Hallum Foe and Lost in Beijing) I saw had some pretty intense -- and well justified -- sex...
The main awards for the 57th Berlin International Film Festival will be given out tonight during a ceremony at the Berlinale Palast. I will attempt to watch the ceremony on television here (sorting through the language barrier) and let you know who won as...
Controversy swirled around Yu Li's Lost in Beijing prior to it arriving in Berlin, as Chinese censors threatened to block the film from screening unless Li made certain cuts that were crucial to the plot. Of course, said cuts involved removing scenes that...

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