He may have spent his career wildly hopping genres, from historical melodrama (Raise the Red Lantern) to wuxia epic (Hero) to gangster flick (Shanghai Triad) to Coen brothers remake (A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop) to however you...
Ju Dou (1990) is Zhang Yimou’s second film (depending on which ones you count) and his second collaboration with Gong Li. But it is the movie that introduced him to American cinephiles, being the first of the three of his...
Zhang Yimou is one of the greatest living directors and Gong Li is one of the greatest living actors. So it’s no surprise that both have done great work outside of each other’s company. But watching Shanghai Triad, the final...