With its rhythmic name and its size, the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club is an apt venue for Beijing’s renowned Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion’s (红樱束打击乐团 / 紅櫻束打擊樂團) production of Mulan the Musical. This...
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Lots and lots of events this week. Mostly films, but also dance and music performances, artists talks, and a talk by student leaders from Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement. This is a...
Waking the Green Tiger: Documentaries from the Front Lines of China’s Environmental Crisis, Asia Society’s five-film series on environmental concerns in China, opened last night to a full house. Given China’s seeming disregard for...
Lincoln Center celebrates the 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the most beloved Peking opera artists, Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳 / 梅蘭芳), with three performances by his son Mei Baojiu (梅葆玖) and members...
Inviting a discussion of China’s environmental problems beyond gaping at smoggy photos of Beijing, Asia Society presents Waking the Green Tiger: Documentaries from the Front Lines of China’s Environmental Crisis, a five-film series that highlights...
China is the first country to deem internet addiction a clinical disorder and has established 400 treatment centers to address this public health concern. Web Junkie by Israeli directors Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia introduces...
It’s an all film week with the starts of a retrospective of the works by Hong Kong director Patrick Lung Kong (龍剛 / 龙刚) at the Museum of the Moving Image and a series on...
Tomorrow, August 13, the Seaport Film & Food Festival highlights Taiwan with free food and drink from the little culinary wonderland and a screening of Au Revoir Taipei (一页台北 / 一頁台北), the 2010...
From August 15 – 24, the Museum of the Moving Image will host Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong, a retrospective of Hong Kong auteur Patrick Lung Kong...
Due in no small part to media idolization of him as an artist-dissident, Ai Weiwei’s unwavering criticism of the Chinese government frequently comes off as a narrow, personal fight. However, in this interview in...