ARTS

Last Encore: The Final Days of an Aging Opera Troupe

How a group of octogenarian opera singers tried to sustain their passion and a loyal community of opera lovers in a southern Chinese city

FILM

On the Trail of China’s Last Reindeer Herders

Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China

FILM

Zhou Hao Goes “All In” on the Nature of Documentaries | Film Review

A director explores the exploitative nature of documentary filmmaking in his latest work about childhood trauma

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
FILM

The Light Inside

Director Khashem Gyal on film as a religion and how real culture is “inner” culture

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
FILM

The Chinese Who Survived the Titanic

'The Six,' a new documentary executive-produced by James Cameron, reveals the hidden stories of six Chinese survivors aboard the Titanic

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
FILM

Seeking Truths

A discussion with Chinese-Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek Huat on identity and truths in documentaries

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
ARTS, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Film: Desires and Deception

A pair of hit documentaries lay bare the desperate struggle to strike it rich in the world’s fastest-growing economy

FILM

TWOC’s Films of the Year

From Bollywood to propaganda, here are our picks for 2017

FILM

Dream Empire

A gripping exposé of the “rent-a-white-guy” industry

FILM

Leap of Faith

A documentary team follows a Good Samaritan on a mission to save the suicidal