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Under the Sea, Under the Censors: The Mainland Success of Stephen Chow
The explosively expanding Chinese film industry breaks records every few weeks. Still, Stephen Chow’s new comedy "The Mermaid" is in a class of its own....
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Shelly Kraicer
Shelly Kraicer is a writer and film curator, who recently returned to Toronto after 12 years in Beijing. Educated at Yale University, he has written film criticism in Cinema Scope, Positions, Cineaste, and the Village Voice. Since 2007, he has been a programmer for the Vancouver International Film Festival, and has consulted for the Venice, Udine, Dubai, and Rotterdam film festivals.