Palme d’Or-winning short film ‘All the Crows in the World’
"All the Crows in the World" impressed judges at Cannes last summer and won the top prize in the short film category. This 15-minute film is currently available for streaming.
Catherine Zauhar
Catherine Zauhar is a bi-racial writer, actress, and filmmaker from Philadelphia. You can find out more about her work and life at kitzauhar.com
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‘Moneyboys’: A provocative, atmospheric film about Chinese hustlers
A Taiwanese and Viennese coproduction, "Moneyboys" follows Fei, a gay sex worker, as he explores love amid his life of secrecy.
‘China Dream’: Photographing Chinese cities and Chinese identity
"My photos always contain elements of contradiction. There’s always a warmth and a coldness, as well as different layers and strata to my understanding of the image."
‘The Exiles’: Chinese democracy activists reflect on their banishment
Filmmakers Violet Columbus and Ben Klein reopen one of the most tightly sealed boxes from China’s collective consciousness — the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre — to consider what it means to be Chinese.
‘A New Old Play’: 20th-century China depicted through film and theater
"A New Old Play" is acclaimed Chinese director Qiu Jiongjiong's first fiction film. In it, he shines as a theater and film director in equal measures, balancing the honesty of the stage with an ambitious technical refinement that has made the film a festival favorite over the last year.
The end of NYC’s Chinese banquet halls
A survey of some of New York’s most iconic Chinese banquet halls, their tumultuous histories, and their significance in people's lives.
TCM remedies for the cold and flu season
Traditional Chinese medicine takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. Practitioners believe in balance and using ingredients — such as the ones below — to calibrate their bodies for optimal disease-prevention.
Chinese cult classics for the Western world
From a hot sauce endorsed by John Cena to a candy gifted to Richard Nixon, here are five items that those in the Chinese diaspora all know — and which the wider world is gradually getting to know as well.
Crying during quarantine with Edward Yang: A 20th-anniversary celebration of ‘Yi Yi’
"Yi Yi" is a movie that seeks to define the truth of our ordinary lives, despite the deceptions we give others and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. This year is the 20th anniversary of director Edward Yang's classic, which remains as relevant as ever.
A brief history of the qipao: China’s sexiest dress
The qípáo 旗袍, sometimes referred to as a cheongsam (长衫 chángshān), is a traditional garment that has recently experienced a renaissance. To understand the importance of the qipao in our modern times, we have to know its history.