Shadow Movie Review: Another stunning epic from Zhang Yimou

With his 30+ year career as one of China’s prominent cinematic voices, director Zhang Yimou’s résumé plays like an eclectic stew, a series of seemingly random darts strewn about the whole of the narrative spectrum. He has tried his hand…

Ally’s Movie Review: Coming Home

The first act of Zhang Yimou’s new film, Coming Home, is excellent. Set in the backdrop of Mao-communist China, there is an authentic and urgent tone to the narrative, as we meet Feng (Gong Li) and her daughter Dandan (Zhang…