Month: December 2003

Join Tom Tam in an evening about the joy of making movies.  This collection of reminiscences recalls the innocence of youth, and its exuberant outbursts, from a demonstration against tourist buses in Chinatown to some interesting experimentation of personal cinema. Movies shown: Chi (5 min. silent) – Contemplation of patterns on a “go” board.  Something along the line of … Read more

During the little over one hundred years from its opening as a treaty port to the Communist revolution, Shanghai vividly epitomized China’s economic drive and vitality. Today, as during in its pre-war heyday, the metropolis is not only China’s leading commercial, financial and industrial center but China’s most stylish city, and trend-setter in fashion, art … Read more