Raise the Red Lantern

Zhang Yimou says his first movie in three years has shades of comedian Stephen Chow's outlandish humor and marks the first time the "Raise the Red Lantern" director shot in digital format. In his first interview about his remake of Joel and...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, China, Blood Simple, Dalai Lama, United States, Stephen Chow, Ethan Coen, and Barack Obama

...for his novella "Wives and Concubines," written in 1989 and which was adapted into the art-house favorite and Oscar-nominated film, "Raise the Red Lantern," by Chinese director Zhang Yimou. He has written six novels including 2006's "Rice...

In this article: Su Tong, Asia, Man Asian Literary Prize, Pankaj Mishra, Wives and Concubines, Man Booker Prize, Communist Party, Wolf Totem, Zhang Yimou, and Colm Toibin

...dinner held in Hong Kong late Monday. The writer's best-known work is the novella "Wives and Concubines", which was made into the film "Raise the Red Lantern", directed by China's most prominent filmmaker Zhang Yimou and starring actress...

In this article: Su Tong, Hong Kong, Wives and Concubines, Man Asian Literary Prize, Booker Prize, Communist Party, Wolf Totem, Zhang Yimou, and Colm Toibin

...in Hong Kong for his novel The Boat Redemption. The author is best known for his novel Wives and Concubines, the basis of the 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern. The three writers on the jury, which included Ireland's Colm Toibin, said the...

In this article: Su Tong, Man Asian Literary Prize, Gish Jen, Pankaj Mishra, Colm Toibin, and Hong Kong

Su is best known in the West for his short novel "Wives and Concubines," the basis of Chinese director Zhang Yimou's 1991 film, "Raise the Red Lantern." The other shortlisted novels were three Indian works - Omair Ahmad's "Jimmy the...

In this article: Man Asian Literary Prize, Chinese Communist Party, Wives and Concubines, Booker Prize, Man Group, Wolf Totem, Zhang Yimou, Gish Jen, and Pankaj Mishra

...date: November 27 Amazing Tale: Three Guns: Internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou made his name with sweeping dramas such as Raise the Red Lantern but here he takes the American Coen brothers' 1984 thriller Blood Simple and sets...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Hong Kong, Jingle Ma, Blood Simple, China, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Sun Yat-sen, and Disney