Thursday, October 1, 2009

National Day News

Zhao Dayong's magisterial docu "Ghost Town" minutely examines the day-to-day doings in the dying town of Zhiziluo, in the mountains of China's Yunan province. At a leisurely 172 minutes, the pic takes on the desultory rhythms of rural stagnation, its rigorous compositions imparting aesthetic weight and meditative scope to everything in its purview...

Jiang Wen, Shuji Iwai, Maggie Q, Shu Qi
Screen Daily: Film review


Golden Week Film Recap (slide show)
Films screening during National Day holidays:
The Warrior and The Wolf, Earthshaking, Royal Tattoo, Copy Cat, Happy Running (animation), Fei Chang Zhu Bo, My Fair Gentleman, Wheat, The Message, Shenbing Kids (animation), Prequel: Monkey King (3D),  The King of Milu Deer (3D), The Founding of a Republic




Hong Kong premiere of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock

Tony Leung sans wife Carina Lau



Karena Lam


Chin Kar-Lok



Vivian Chow


Vivian and husband Joe Nieh attending the stage drama Wild Rose Xinhuanet.com)








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