Movies
Jackie Chan to star in ‘Shaolin’
Oct. 23, 2009
The Chinese import “But Always” is such a mawkish romantic melodrama you half expect one of its ill-fated leads to declare, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
Sept. 4, 2014
The cult director’s action scenes are plentiful, but an involved story line slows things considerably.
May 4, 2001
Politics
White House communications chief Anita Dunn to depart
Nov. 11, 2009
Opinion
There’s plenty to be excited about from the historically diverse Democratic convention and Joe Biden’s progressive agenda.
Aug. 21, 2020
Entertainment & Arts
Movie review: ‘The Viral Factor’
Jan. 20, 2012
Books
THE CHINESE; By Jasper Becker; The Free Press: 464 pp., $27.50 : THUNDER FROM THE EAST Portrait of a Rising Asia; By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn; Alfred A. Knopf: 378 pp., $27.50
Feb. 18, 2001
Awards
On its third day of release in China, “Mechanic: Resurrection” unseated a Chinese action film for the top spot at the box office.
Oct. 25, 2016
Editor’s note: A longer version of this review was published Dec. 30, 2005, when “The Promise” opened briefly in L.A. to qualify for Oscar nominations. * Chen Kaige’s “The Promise” is lots of things at once: an exquisite fairy tale, a glorious martial arts fantasy, a romantic epic of exceptional emotional resonance and a consideration of the paradoxical nature of destiny, in which Chen suggests that the workings of fate are not absolution for personal responsibility.
May 5, 2006
Hemdale’s $15-million “Bethune,” the joint venture between China and the West being shot in remote Yan’an in the People’s Republic, has been fraught with problems: language difficulties, health problems because of primitive hygienic conditions, transportation nightmares, et al.
June 7, 1987