Category Archives: film photography media

Pictures from Yuan Xiao Jie in Shanghai (上海元宵节及老城区夜景）

February 11, 2009 peijin

前天晚上去了豫园看灯会，观摩的主要是人海，但是喜气洋洋的，感觉还是不错。后来跟朋友在老城区溜达，久违的灵感也终于回来了，当然，这也跟我带新的相机出去也有关。谢谢长辈的提携以及各位朋友的支持！我要坚持拍下去！ addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Fpictures-from-yuan-xiao-jie-in-shanghai%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Pictures+from+Yuan+Xiao+Jie+in+Shanghai+%28%26%2319978%3B%26%2328023%3B%26%2320803%3B%26%2323477%3B%26%2333410%3B%26%2321450%3B%26%2332769%3B%26%2322478%3B%26%2321306%3B%26%2322812%3B%26%2326223%3B%26%2365289%3B’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Movies I’m Watching: The Equation of Love and Death (李米的猜想）

October 23, 2008 peijin

Zhou Xun plays Li Mi, a plucky Kunming cab driver secretly nursing a broken heart and obsession—the man she loved disappeared four years ago and their one-way line of communication are the letters that he writes to her, which she … Continue reading →

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Movies I’m Watching: Tarsem’s The Fall, Deception and Righteous Kill

October 4, 2008 peijin

A lot of critics, such as the NY Times Nathan Lee, did not like this film. Here’s some of what he says: The details of this saga, a threadbare patchwork of postcard exoticism, turgid characterizations, stilted duels and lackluster spectacle, … Continue reading →

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Journalism needs more explanations and less “information”

August 16, 2008 peijin

PressThink: National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News I noticed something in the weeks after I first listened to “The Giant Pool of Money.” I became a customer for ongoing news about the mortgage mess … Continue reading →

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Hu Yang comes out with new photo series on young people in Shanghai

July 15, 2008 peijin

Hu Yang (胡杨) is the Shanghai based documentary photographer that takes shots of people living in Shanghai, in their native environments–their homes. He did a series that got a lot of publicity in the last year or so, it was … Continue reading →

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Movies I’ve watched: Besieged City (???

July 6, 2008 peijin

If you’re a fan of the “gutter-trawling” alienated youths genre of film, you should find this one enjoyable: and I did not intend to be ironic there, because I actually think this was a good film. The story centers around … Continue reading →

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John Woo: Red Cliff must go on…

June 11, 2008 peijin

Cross-posted at China Film Journal Browsing Eachnet for headlines I came across some news regarding an accidental fire on the set of John Woo’s upcoming historical action film Red Cliff. One person died and six were injured, all in stable … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Julia

March 24, 2008 peijin

I had high hopes or this movie because its directed by Erick Zonca, who made The Dreamlife of Angels, a poetic and gritty film that I watched around the time that it came out. Back then, being in my early … Continue reading →

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Electric Sheep–a cool online film magazine from the UK

March 20, 2008 peijin

Electric Sheep – Reviews Blog Archive MISTER LONELY via kwout Just came across this while i was doing Google blog searches for stuff that i might be able to use for China Film Journal. This is a UK … Continue reading →

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