Introduction
X-roads : old and new city films
Dislocation : Huang Jianxin's urban searching for roots
No one cheers : the later fifth generation and the urban "situation movie"
Beijing bastards : century's end rock scenes and China's Generation X
Captives of love : emotional styles and the new urbanites
Lunar eclipse: elusive urban realities
City paradise : urbanization looms over an old land
Conclusion.