REVIEW: THE WANDERING EARTH 2 (2023) dir. Frant Gwo
In Theaters Now
china
Bitter Money
Chinese rural-to-urban migrant laborers endure longueurs laced with grace notes. Bitter Money (2017) dir. Wing Bing 152 minutes Mandarin w/ English subtitles…
Light Spells: Films by Sandy Ding
Balagan and Crows & Sparrows welcome Beijing-based filmmaker Sandy Ding (a.k.a. Ding Xin, 丁 昕) for a program of short and medium-length films rooted in…
Behemoth (2015) dir. Zhao Liang
I guess it could be considered a kind of a deal with the devil. If hell is underground, but so is all…
SHORT FILM PREMIERE: Dent | Skinny Pigeons: China Tour (2016) dir. by Kit Castagne
In Boston, one will find many bands. Often times, these bands take it upon themselves to bring their music to the farthest…
We Come as Friends (2014) dir. Hubert Sauper
8/26 @MFA
We Come as Friends
The follow-up to DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE — Hubert Sauper’s award-winning cautionary tale about the ill-guided importation of wildlife into incompatible ecosystems — is…
A Conversation with Dent: Harley Cullen, Lane Shi, and Jack Whelan
I caught up with local experimental metal group Dent to talk about their past tour in China, performance art, and their future…
Illegally Blind Presents: Birdstriking (China) @ Middle East Upstairs
Yang Fan — What Happened After 1,001 Nights?
Genjing Records, a DIY record label based out of Beijing, China, happily presents the debut of Yang Fan. Her album “What Happened…
BOSTON VIEWFINDER: New Directions in Chinese Animation
4/24, 7:00PM @ICA
Recycled Cinema: An Experimental Shorts Program @ Brattle Theatre
Enriching even if date goes horribly wrong
