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Promotional material for Master Photo: Courtesy of Douban By Ai Pang No mask, no social distancing and no sanitizer… Large crowds of Indian moviegoers are taking a dangerous risk to support their idol Vijay’s latest film Master, which is set to release on Wednesday. Looking at pictures and videos of people lining up outside cinemas in India for tickets on …

Four months after his death shocked the world, trailblazing US actor Chadwick Boseman makes his heartbreaking, hotly Oscar-tipped final film appearance in 1920s blues drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The Black Panther star portrays a feisty, irreverent horn player struggling to make himself heard in a Chicago music world riddled with racism and exploitation, in the August Wilson play adaptation out Friday on …

China’s top ballet company, the National Ballet of China will stage a new show, Yimeng, from December 26 to 28 at the Beijing Tianqiao Theater to commemorate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China in 2021. The show is based on several previous shows about China’s revolutionary base located in the Yimeng Mountains, Shandong Province such as …

Since it hit Chinese mainland cinemas on Friday, Chinese sports documentary Touch Out has been getting rave reviews and high marks from audiences with its story about a group of young boys from poor families who are able to change their lives through baseball. The documentary has an 8.7/10 from more than 15,000 reviews on Chinese media review platform Douban, …

An ambitious and promising sci-fi animation will be released on Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video on December 30, according to its production studio D.ROCK-ART on Thursday. Set in a time when human beings have conquered the solar system and are now launching expeditions toward faraway regions of the galaxy, Knight on Debris explores stories about the mysterious Abyss – an advanced culture …

Editor’s Note: December looks to be a very busy time for Chinese theaters and moviegoers as a total of 57 movies are scheduled for the month. Many Chinese film experts are now predicting that the 2020 box office for the Chinese mainland might break 20 billion yuan ($3.05 billion) as the current total for the first 11 months has already …

Homeland, an original musical by China National Traditional Orchestra, made its debut at Beijing’s Poly Theater on Monday. The musical aims to present an artistic interpretation of the achievements and efforts of China’s national poverty alleviation campaign. According to the orchestra, the people and events depicted in the show are based on real stories, which is sure to allow the …

Chinese moviegoers have said they will not accept the apology from the director and one of the co-stars of the Hollywood film Monster Hunter and that they will not watch the movie even if a new edited version is released in cinemas. The backlash toward the film remains strong in China, although director Paul W.S. Anderson and co-star Jin Au-Yeung, better known …

The artificial intelligence (AI) can be a great means to meet potential lovers, but finding Mr or Ms Right still needs face-to-face and heart-to-heart communication, Chinese experts told the Global Times after Chinese netizens began asking if China could follow the Japanese government’s use of AI technology to find marriage partners for its citizens. According to a report by the …

A country thrives only if its culture thrives. China is no exception. During the process of China’s transformation of becoming rich and strong with the world’s largest middle class, it will inevitably see its culture subsequently enriched as a whole. An important premise and symbol of a country’s cultural prosperity lies in the continuous provision of public cultural services for …