Regulators have prevented auteur Zhang Yimou's drama 'One Second,' about China's Cultural Revolution, from competing at film fests out of fear that it could actually win. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

The Oscar-winning actor worked with the legendary director in his 1987 "Empire of the Sun" drama, which was filmed in China. By THR Staff "You learn a whole new method with each director. With Yimou, ...

You never really know what you’re going to get with a Zhang Yimou movie these days. Then again, perhaps that was always the case to a certain degree. Once a leading light of the so-called Fifth ...

Grand spectacle has always been one of master Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s specialities. His wuxia epics feature staggering battles that defy gravity while placed within the context of ...

More than two years after the world premiere of Zhang Yimou’s “One Second” was canceled mere days before its scheduled gala screening at the Berlinale on account of a “technical problem” — the ...

The latest film from Zhang Yimou weaves slapstick fun into an investigation of a 12th-century political murder. By Brandon Yu A Novelist Says a Movie Fails to Credit Her. The Film World Shrugs. Geling ...

U.S.-China Adventure Film Already Creating Buzz “The Great Wall,” a $150 million film directed by Zhang Yimou, is the largest-ever Hollywood-China co-production, which will exempt it from China’s ...

China is kicking off 2022 with an official trailer for the latest Zhang Yimou film, another jingoistic thriller about the Korean War. They've been making more and more of these recently (also see The ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese director Zhang Yimou has sued a production company that he has worked with for more than a decade, seeking 15 million yuan ($2.5 million) he says he is owed as his share of the ...

Zhang Yimou's first foray into the period spy genre is easier on the eye than on the notepad you'll need to keep track of its twists. When the urgent desire to make something beautiful overrides the ...

Filmmakers often define their movies by making distinctive visual choices. Whether it’s Victor Fleming signaling The Wizard of Oz’s shift from Kansas to Oz by introducing bold Technicolor, or Zack ...