When the organizing committee of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which will open on Aug 27, recently announced its jury list, Chinese people were glad but unsurprised to see familiar faces again appointed to the panel.
Latin America's greatest hero is finally getting a big-budget, Hollywood-style epic befitting his towering stature.
Although China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest film market after the United States, Hollywood productions continue to draw global filmgoers. The situation is forcing Chinese filmmakers, more than ever before, to ask: How can homegrown films influence audiences abroad?
British actor Jason Statham visits China to lend some of his star power to promotional efforts for his latest film, The Expendables. Wang Kaihao reports on why the movie is expected to do big business at the box office.
For almost 50 years, The Sound of Music has captured the imagination of moviegoers and musical fans with its catchy tunes and lovable characters set against the stunning Austrian Alps.
Guardians of the Galaxy blasted past expectations at the weekend box office.
A digital and divisive redesign of the iconic comic book characters has left some fans shell-shocked, but the creators say the humanlike faces are a step forward, Derrik J. Lang reports from San Francisco.
Journey has all the makings of a great movie about food, but the end result leaves viewers hungry.
Helen Mirren lowers her voice to a whisper and her eyes take on a devious twinkle as she makes a confession: When she has a really good time making a movie, as she did on The Hundred-Foot Journey, she fears: "Oh my God, is it going to suck?"
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by French economist Thomas Piketty has caused a stir among Chinese academics as excerpts are published in newspapers ahead of the release of the full translation this fall. Citing the work of Honore de Balzac, whose books depicted the inequality of European societies in the 19th century, Piketty, 43, says a "patrimonial society" where most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few economic elite and their offspring is looming.
Three years ago playwright Laline Paull began to notice bees in her garden in Sussex in southeastern England. Her interest was inspired by the death of a beekeeping friend.
In Todd Parr's world, it's OK to wear your undies on your head, spill your milk or eat mac-and-cheese in the bathtub.
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