What’s The Future For Arthouse Films In China?

Wang Jingchun, who won the Best Actor award at Cannes, says, “The rising box office is a really good thing. At its worst, we hardly had a box office to speak of. There also used to be a problem with content: The subjects and perspectives were too old. Now we need new concepts, and young people coming up now are bringing all sorts of new ones to the table, new kinds of cinematic thinking. Also, foreign and Hollywood films have come in, and everyone’s seen everything. . … Audiences have these needs, and theaters have at least started to provide a platform for them to see this stuff.” – Variety

Amy Sherald Painted The First Lady’s Portrait, And She Also Captured This 19-Year-Old Girl In A Six-Story Mural

Sherald knew she had the mural space on a Target in Philadelphia, and she wanted to paint someone who, to her, represented the community. A young woman in an arts program provided the spark. The subject, Najee Spencer-Young: “My mom called me. She was like, guess what? … I was like, what, Mom? I’m in a job interview. I can’t be on the phone. She was just like, you up on a mural. I said, what?” – NPR