China, Third Century BC: All War, All the Time? Not if you allow Emperor Qin to unify feudal societies, build the Great Wall of china, and rule all the Warring States, supposedly putting an end to ...

HOLLYWOOD — Miramax Films has acquired the North American and multiple foreign territory rights to actioner “Hero,” starring Jet Li and Maggie Cheung and directed by Zhang Yimou. Pic just completed ...

In the first phase of his career, Chinese director Zhang Yimou made carefully crafted films (such as Raise the Red Lantern and To Live) that revisited painful periods of his country’s recent past. In ...

Zhang Yimou sounds defensive when he speaks of Hero as “a genre piece.” The implication is: just a genre piece, a diversion, a long sword fight played by grownups. Perhaps the director is thinking of ...