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That’s Shanghai stopped by Projection 216 (Jenny’s studio) for her opening party and they came back a couple of weeks later for a leisurely chat, which they wrote up in last month’s edition. Here is the clip. It’s flattering and well written, but Andreas’s photo is a bit dark and they got one fact wrong. [...]

Photos from Jenny’s first collection at Projection 216.
Model: Yi Mei
Photographer: Andreas Larsson
We’ve just uploaded photos of Jenny’s new collection at her websites Projection216 and JNFashionStudio.This is Jenny’s first new collection since she moved from Shanxi Nan Lu to her new studio at Taikang Lu. The move has worked out well. Taikang Lu has a great [...]

Everybody is writing reviews of the past year so I will join in too. 2007 has been a great year for us, although it has not been without struggle and frustration. I have just been scanning this year’s blog posts as a prompt for the some of the highlights, which I will summarise below:
Personal Stuff
We [...]

Man Push Cart is possibly the scariest film I have seen for quite some time even though there are no scenes of blood or threatening villains.
The film is just a story about a Pakistani immigrant called Ahmad who is struggling with work and life in New York. While most New Yorkers sleep, Ahmad fetches, [...]

Here is the scenario. It’s a typical, sunny day in LA. Loving husband gets up early to give his wife a cup of coffee before she drives to work. Minutes after she leaves, LA is devastated by a series of dirty bombs causing panic and confusion as the city is shrouded in a cloud of [...]

February has been a great month for films so far, so I am going to make a few recommendations.
The Queen  follows the public and private world of Britain’s royal family in the week following Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Trapped in a world of formal traditions and duty, The Queen and her family failed to tap into [...]

I just read this breaking news on Tech Crunch. It has also been reported on the BBC and New York Times. Steve Jobs has just published an open letter to the music industry asking it to abandon DRM on music that is purchased as downloads. This is extraordinary considering that all music bought on the [...]

Some of my friends have lived in Shanghai for years without ever going to the cinema. They get all the film entertainment they need from DVDs that they can buy at a dollar a piece. That’s fair enough, but I think they are missing a treat.
We like to go every month or two. It turns [...]

I have 46 minutes until I leave to go on holiday to Phuket for a much needed rest away from computers, Shanghai and the winter. Before I go, I’d like to wish anyone reading this a happy seasonal time whatever place and religion you happen to be abiding in. I will keep this post short [...]

I’ve just read this review about a film I saw this week called Chromophobia. Rather than write my own review, I will link to this one because it sums up my own feelings towards the film. Anyway, you can save yourself two hours and a little disappointment by reading this opening paragraph from Screendaily.com instead:
The [...]