A 1990 film undergoing a revival at Film Forum, “Ju Dou,” is as sumptuous a morality tale as you’re likely to imagine. Co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, the picture was based on a novella ...

What, exactly, is Zhang Yimou trying to tell us? After years of making films about intimate oppressions that frequently got him in trouble with Chinese censors (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern), in 2002 ...

Encountering Bertrand Tavernier's "Daddy Nostalgia" after a steady diet of high-decibel Hollywood films, you may experience cinematic culture shock. When was the last time you saw a movie that was ...

To say that Zhang Yimou belongs in the same category with internationally renowned auteurs such as Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard and Akira Kirosawa isn’t an exaggeration. The painter and ...

"Red Sorghum," "Ju Dou," "To Live" and "Raise the Red Lantern" director Zhang Yimou returns to Milwaukee's silver screen with "Happy Times," a sweet, sad, funny picture set in a modern Chinese city.

In the international film world, few invitations are as prestigious as being selected as the opening-night film of the New York Film Festival. (Last year it was "Pulp Fiction.") When Zhang Yimou ...

The latest movie from Zhang Yimou, the Chinese director of three Oscar nominees — “Ju Dou,” “Raise the Red Lantern” and “Hero” — as well as the critical and box-office flop “The Great Wall,” is an ...