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Timed to the occasion of China's National Day holiday, the state spared no expense in making a most lavish and expensive slab of self-congratulatory movie propaganda with The Battle At Lake Changjin. Clocking in at nearly three hours, and spectacularly presented on an enormous IMAX screen, this is a gargantuan account…

The Edinburgh International Film Festival will screen the international premiere of Puzzle as its opening night gala. The drama from Marc Turtletaub stars Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan and will be released by Sony Pictures in the UK this summer. Puzzle is a portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without…

It’s been two years since China passed Japan to become the world’s No. 2 box office territory, and Columbia Pictures is making a big push to raise its profile there. The company said today that it has sealed partnership deals with Chinese filmmakers and companies to expand its local-language production in the planet’s…