Blog Tag - Zhang Yimou

OlymPicks: Vehicle Restrictions Come Into Play Ahead of Games, Zhang Yimou Promises ‘Different’ Opening & Closing Ceremonies
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Drivers told to avoid specially...
Talk Next Tuesday by Journalist Karen Ma On China's Fifth Generation Filmmakers
Chinese filmmaking has traditionally been divided into generations – with the so-called “Fifth Generation” that emerged in the 1980s being perhaps...
Watch Matt Damon Fight Monsters in 'The Great Wall'
As Beijing residents, we’ve all seen our fair share of the Great Wall, but now there’s a chance to see it like we’ve never seen it before. The first...
Andy Lau, Matt Damon, and Willem Dafoe to star in Zhang Yimou’s Great Wall Fantasy
Director Zhang Yimou has recently made public that his new fantasy epic and Hollywood co-production, examining the mysterious origins of the Great...
Matt Damon and Bryan Cranston to Climb Zhang Yimou's 'Great Wall'?
Great Wall Hunting? Breaking Badaling? Matt Damon and Bryan Cranston could be lining up to climb Zhang Yimou's upcoming Legendary Pictures...
Zhang Yimou's "Coming Home" Hits Theaters on May 16
Coming Home, a new film from director Zhang Yimou will be released on May 16th. The drama tells the story of a Chinese man (Chen Daoming) who flees...
Talking Entertainment: Zhang Yimou Fined by Family Planning Bureau
Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, best known for cinematic creations like Red Sorghum and Hero, was fined 7.48 million yuan (about 1.23...
Zhang Yimou Admits to Having Multiple Children
Film and 2008 Olympics opening ceremony director Zhang Yimou admitted Sunday that he has three children with his current wife, in defiance of China'...
Talking Entertainment: Zhang Yimou Makes Peking Opera Debut
; Acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou is diving into the world of Peking Opera. His directorial debut of the traditional theater style is...
Film Review: Why The Flowers of War Makes Us Cry
If I were a certain kind of man, I might make a joke along the lines of: “I like my movies how I like my women: beautiful, dramatic and ultimately...
Art Attack: Inside the Beijing Design Triennial, Indie Flicks, Christian Bale's Funny Face and More
As we head into the National Day celebrations, we’ve got more design exhibits to see, indie films ranging from dark to inspiring to laugh-out-loud...
Art Attack: News, Red Lanterns, FT Debate, and Irish Shenanigans!
I have whiplash from how quickly things have accelerated since the chunjie lull. Between book festivals, new exhibits, ballets and Irish...
New Zhang Yimou Opens Pusan Film Festival
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) opened last night (Thursday, October 7) in the South Korean seaside city with a screening of Zhang...
Screen Time: Don’t Mention “Russia” & Argentinean Cinema Come to Town
In film news this week we have more new Chinese filmmakers at BC MOMA and Trainspotting, Iron Man 2 suffers some bizarre censorship and Argentinean...
Screen Time: Zhang's Big Year, Soft Power and Docos from North Korea
Zhang Yimou has rounded off an eventful year with a box-office success – his recently-released remake of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, entitled A...