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 (??????? / ???????) production of Mulan...
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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...
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...