Zhang Yimou
China’s Zhang Yimou to Direct ‘Three-Body Problem’ Movie
Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi book The Three-Body Problem is heading home to China to get another screen adaptation. Zhang Yimou, arguably China’s most revered living filmmaker, is set to direct a Chinese-language feature film based on the novel, it was revealed Sunday during a forum at the Shanghai International Film festival. In Shanghai, Wang Changtian, […]
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Far East Film Festival: Zhang Yimou to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Zhang Yimou is set to receive the Golden Mulberry Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Far East Film Festival (FEFF). The auteur, a key figure in China’s Fifth Generation of filmmakers, is best known for his films Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, To Live, Hero and House of the Flying Daggers, and was also […]
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China Box Office: Zhang Yimou’s ‘Under the Light’ Wins Mid-Autumn Holiday Race With $63M Opening
It’s turning into the year of Zhang Yimou at China’s box office. The venerable 73-year-old director’s 26th feature, crime drama Under the Light, topped ticket sales during China’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday over the past four days, opening to $62.6 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway. This comes after Zhang’s previous feature, the historical mystery thriller […]
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Huanxi Media CEO Talks $600M Blockbuster ‘Full River Red,’ Chinese Film Industry Recovery
If there’s a company that’s emblematic of the Chinese film industry’s nascent post-COVID rebound, it’s Huanxi Media. Co-founded in 2015 by veteran producer Dong Ping (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and former attorney Steven Xiang, the studio built its business around signing exclusive deals with some of China’s most bankable directors to produce big-budget tentpoles to release during […]
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David Chute, Influential Film Critic and Writer, Dies at 71
David Chute, the authoritative film critic and writer who was an early champion of Stephen King, John Waters, John Woo and Asian cinema, has died. He was 71. Chute died Nov. 8 in Los Angeles after a brief battle with esophageal cancer, his daughter, Nora Chute, reported. David Christopher Chute was born on March 11, […]
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Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ to Open San Sebastian Film Festival
Zhang Yimou’s One Second, a period drama set during the upheaval of China’s Cultural Revolution, will open this year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival and compete for the festival’s coveted Golden Shell. The Eyes of Tammy Faye from The Big Sick director Michael Showalter, starring Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker, and Undercover, a French […]
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Mubi Buys Zhang Yimou’s Toronto Fest Closer ‘One Second’ for Multiple Territories (Exclusive)
Mubi’s spending spree is rolling on. The art house film-streaming platform and theatrical distributor has added yet another buzzy title to its library following a very active few months, buying all rights for renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s period drama One Second, this year’s Toronto Film Festival closer, for the U.K., Ireland, Germany and Turkey. The […]
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Toronto: Neon Nabs Fest Closer Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ for North America
On the heels of taking the 2021 Palme d’Or for Julia Ducournau’s Titane, Neon has acquired the North American rights to Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s One Second, which will close the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 18. The Cultural Revolution-set film, written by Zhang along with Zou Jingzhi and based on the novel by Yan […]
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‘Cliff Walkers’: Film Review
Zhang Yimou's first spy thriller sends an ace team of Communist agents into the World War II Japanese stronghold of Manchukuo.
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China Box Office: ‘Croods 2’ Beats Zhang Yimou’s Censored Drama ‘One Second’
Universal's 'The Croods: A New Age' was the decisive winner of a competitive three-way race at China's box office over the weekend, topping both the holdover local hit 'Caught in Time' and the latest release from venerated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. 'Croods 2' opened in China to a healthy $19.2 million, which was $5 million more than its five-day holiday start in North America.
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Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ Set for China Release After Lengthy Censorship Struggle
Renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou's love letter to cinema, the period drama One Second, is finally headed to cinemas. Beijing regulators have approved the film for release on Nov. 27, following a year-long censorship struggle.
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Cannes: What Will Become of Zhang Yimou’s Censored Masterpiece ‘One Second’?
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.
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