Movie imagery, which has grown brutal and ugly in many of the new high-tech action pictures, may yet be redeemed by the elegance of martial arts pictures from the East. Zhang Yimou's 'House of Flying ...

A story of love in a time of political turmoil, of deception, betrayal and passion, "House of Flying Daggers" is, in terms of plot, a classic romance. But director Zhang Yimou has set that romance ...

Though it single-handedly rebooted the Asian action film, director King Hu’s gloriously poetic, two-fisted 1966 martial arts spectacle “Come Drink With Me” is finally reissued on DVD as part of the ...

In the tradition of the last three columns, here is Oscar Preview No. 4 for the Best Foreign Film award. One film likely to be nominated is Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers." "House" takes place ...

Fans of international films have come to expect certain things from certain regions. Germany is known for acidic thrillers, France for unapologetic revelries and China for stupefying martial arts ...

Chinese director Zhang Yimou, whose epic martial-arts adventure Hero (2002) broke through to a mass audience in the U.S. last summer, returns with this small but visually grand drama set during the ...

People always describe the fight scenes in martial-arts films as "balletic," which is a fancy way of saying you can enjoy the beauty, grace and athleticism even if you don't like watching people beat ...