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Insane rain in Pudong!

I just had left my home to walk to Longyang road to grab a subway to go downtown for lunch with a friend, when a insane rainstorm started. In the last days it had rained here every once in a while, mostly for about 5…

China

Old Shanghai in Ang Lee's new movie.

Lust, Caution is the new movie from Ang Lee. Most of the story seems to take place in 'occupied Shanghai', so I am guessing in the late 1930's? The story is about a 'ordinary' girl who has to make a dude fall in love with…

China

Top 25 Cities with skyscrapers.

<p>German magazine "Spiegel" has <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,495801,00.html">published a list of 25 cities</a> - ordered by the amount of skyscraper they have. It's a quite interesting list and it even has some surprises. Shanghai will, of course, sooner or later rise to No. 1 - don't worry! Here we go:<br><br>No. 1: <strong>Hongkong, China</strong>! 7422 skyscrapers.<br><br>No. 2: <strong>New York City, USA</strong>! 5445 skyscrapers.<br><br>No. 3: <strong>Singapore</strong>! 3503 skyscrapers. 4 million people.</p>

Cinema

Bluetooth-posters for Tarantino's Death Proof in Germany!

So Tarantino's part of the Grindhouse series titled Death Proof finally reaches Germany. They are going to show Death Proof in cinemas first, and Rodriguez' part Planet Terror one or two months later. Since there are no Matinee-cinemas in Germany it makes kind of sense&hellip;

China

SIFF: I just don't want anymore.

I went to the Shanghai Film Art Center on friday for accreditation, like I posted earlier. On saturday the horror started: I went first to the press conference in Pudong, where I managed to take some pictures of Michelle Rodriguez ('LOST') and Nathan Fillion ('FIREFLY',&hellip;

Cinema

Renaissance – Ein visuelles Noir-Meisterwerk der Zukunft

Mit Renaissance liefert Regisseur Christian Volckman ein kompromissloses und mutiges Werk, das die Grenzen zwischen Film, Animation und Kunst neu auslotet. Der in Schwarz-Weiß gehaltene Sci-Fi-Thriller kombiniert die Ästhetik des Film Noir mit futuristischem Cyberpunk-Flair, was nicht nur visuell beeindruckt, sondern das Publikum in eine&hellip;

Cinema

The Roost – Ein Angriff der Langeweile mit Fledermaus-Flair

The Roost – Angriff der Fledermäuse von Regisseur Ti West versucht, durch Retro-Charme und eine absichtlich trashige Präsentation einen B-Movie-Horror zu zelebrieren. Doch was auf dem Papier wie ein Hommage-Projekt mit nostalgischem Charme klingt, scheitert grandios an seiner eigenen Langatmigkeit, mangelndem Tempo und einer uninspirierten&hellip;