Blog Tag - Zhang Yimou
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics.
Drivers told to avoid specially...
Chinese filmmaking has traditionally been divided into generations – with the so-called “Fifth Generation” that emerged in the 1980s being perhaps...
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...
Director Zhang Yimou has recently made public that his new fantasy epic and Hollywood co-production, examining the mysterious origins of the Great...
Great Wall Hunting?
Breaking Badaling?
Matt Damon and Bryan Cranston could be lining up to climb Zhang Yimou's upcoming Legendary Pictures...
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...
Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, best known for cinematic creations like Red Sorghum and Hero, was fined 7.48 million yuan (about 1.23...
Film and 2008 Olympics opening ceremony director Zhang Yimou admitted Sunday that he has three children with his current wife, in defiance of China'...
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Acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou is diving into the world of Peking Opera. His directorial debut of the traditional theater style is...
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...
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...
I have whiplash from how quickly things have accelerated since the chunjie lull. Between book festivals, new exhibits, ballets and Irish...
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) opened last night (Thursday, October 7) in the South Korean seaside city with a screening of Zhang...
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...
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...