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Big cultural event to open with Zhang Guoyong's baton

[2016-04-22 08:07]

After conducting a concert with Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires earlier this month, Zhang Guoyong went to watch a tango performance.

Louis Armstrong's only known film found in storage unit

[2016-04-22 08:07]

The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician in a recording studio. The footage was discovered in a storage facility.

Cinematic Gala

[2016-04-21 08:24]

More than 500 films, up to 90 percent of which have yet to be released in Chinese mainland theaters, are being screened at the Beijing International Film Festival. Xu Fan reports.

Technology may soon turn viewers into movie characters

[2016-04-21 08:24]

Wang Qian, a Beijing movie fan, finds herself in a fantasy world when she wears a headset to watch a trailer of the animation film Big Fish Begonia.

In plain sight

[2016-04-21 08:24]

A feature of the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival, a South Korean film on an aging couple draws attention to a niche genre. Wang Kaihao reports. Wang Kaihao

Chaplin's life and work come together nicely in Swiss project

[2016-04-21 08:24]

Imagine moving along the cogs of giant machinery like Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times, or tumbling down a cabin teetering on the edge of a cliff as he did in Gold Rush.

Kevin Spacey plays Nixon in new film

[2016-04-21 08:24]

The most requested photo in the US National Archives is not the first moon landing or the burning twin towers after the attacks of Sept 11, 2001.

Master on big stage

[2016-04-20 09:18]

Ming playwright Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, revived in more recent times, is staring at a new lease of life with a Shanghai troupe embarking on a major tour, including of Prague and New York. Zhang Kun reports.

NBC to show Cranko's Romeo and Juliet in homage

[2016-04-20 09:18]

National Ballet of China will stage John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet from Wednesday to Sunday at Tianqiao Theater to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. It is the second time that NBC is performing this version of the play. NBC bought the copyright of the work from Stuttgart Ballet in 2006 and premiered it in China that year.

Art beat

[2016-04-20 09:18]

Beijing

The gorgeous gorges

[2016-04-20 09:18]

The region surrounding the Yangtze River's iconic dam is enhancing its travel offerings. Tan Yingzi reports in Chongqing.

A cruise shows how time flows like water

[2016-04-20 09:18]

I grew up by the Yangtze River. Recently, I returned home.

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