Chinese media were abuzz Thursday over the record number of Chinese filmmakers and actors who have been invited to become new members of the Academy, with some commentators saying that it could boost…
There was a high degree of confusion when China released its Film Industry Promotion Law on March 1. It was never seriously doubted that new regulations were needed given the Chinese film industry's…
IM Global has picked up international sales rights to upcoming Chinese film "Youth" by Feng Xiaogang and "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" from leading studio Huayi Brothers. Feng is China's…
ROME – Japanese director Shinobu Yagouchi’s road movie "Survival Family," about a Japanese family’s efforts to stay alive amid a global blackout, will open the upcoming 19th edition of the Far East…
Which is bigger: China's largest cinema chain or the country's most consistently successful film director? The question is being asked as Feng Xiaogang, director of “Aftershock” and “Back to 1942,”…
"I Am Not Madame Bovary," the latest drama film from China's leading director Feng Xiaogang, has unexpectedly lost its Sept. 30 release date. While a new date has been announced for Nov. 18, the…
The nickname "China's Spielberg" seemed particularly appropriate for director Feng Xiaogang when he made "Assembly" in 2007. The film, which opened the Busan Film Festival, is an epic war actioner…
A de-glammed Fan Bingbing's peasant heroine is anything but helpless, as her quest for justice reaches the highest levels of government.
MADRID — Baltasar Kormakur's "The Oath," Lee Sang-il's "Rage" and Feng Xiaogang's "I Am Not Madame Bovary" will compete for the 64th San Sebastian Festival's Golden Seashell, the Festival announced…
"Kids these days," sighs the lead character in "Mr. Six," sounding like the grizzled hero in a late-career Clint Eastwood movie. Now well into his fifties, the neighborhood peacekeeper...
Acting in Venice festival closing film "Mr Six" was a definite step up for Feng Xiaogang, China's top director and occasional actor.
