John Woo

American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'

2013-03-28 06:00:00

German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...

A world of difference in reactions over foreign, U.S. film violence

2013-02-15 13:05:00

Genre filmmaking helps make sense of the world, creating codes by which the seemingly irrational ways of human behavior can be understood. With storytelling modes that travel from country to country — the crime picture, the horror film, the action...

Chan-wook Park has a lot riding on blood-filled 'Stoker'

2013-02-09 08:00:00

In a high-tech bungalow on a back corner of the 20th Century Fox lot, the South Korean auteur Chan-wook Park is chiseling his opus as the clock ticks toward 9 p.m. Park, the toast of Asian cinema and hero to hordes of genre-film enthusiasts, is...

Shanghai film fest kicks off with honor for Mike Medavoy

2012-06-17 04:37:26

Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening

2012-05-03 16:37:49

'Warriors of the Rainbow' star: From minister to leading man

2012-04-28 16:37:21

Oscars 2012: Was 'Wings' Hollywood's first bromance?

2012-02-10 16:37:33

Live: The Magnetic Fields at the Orpheum Theatre

2012-03-25 16:37:09

Reel China: It's rough out West for Chinese films

2011-07-03 00:00:00

When the Chow Yun-fat action-comedy epic "Let the Bullets Fly" opened in China last year, it quickly became a phenomenon. Lured by its splashy fight scenes and whip-snap dialogue, filmgoers swarmed theaters. The movie wound up taking in more than $100...

Reel China: Will it play in Peoria and Shanghai?

2011-07-14 00:00:00

Moviegoers in China enthusiastically see American films, yet the reverse is almost never true. But you'd think if there would be someone who might bridge the divide — someone whose personal background, connections and professional expertise could...

Reel China: Political maneuvers drive 'Beginning of the Great Revival's' success

2011-06-24 00:00:00

— Political films can be a tough sell in many countries, to say the least. But director Huang Jianxin is confident that he's sitting on a blockbuster with "Beginning of the Great Revival," a historical epic detailing the founding of China's...

Struggles of 'City of Life and Death'

2011-06-14 00:00:00

Among the most painful chapters in modern Chinese history is Japan's 1937 invasion of Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands were killed, countless women were raped, and soldiers and civilians alike suffered unspeakable brutalities. So when Chinese writer-...

Director and producer John Woo poses during the "Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale" photo call at the Palazzo Del Cinema.

2011-09-01 00:00:00

A secret October 2009 cable from Beijing references the parallels between the 2008-09 two-part war film set in ancient China (and starring Fengyi Zhang, above) and a modern-day conflict: "XXXXXXXXXXXX raised 'The Red Cliff,' a John Woo -directed movie about the Battle of Red Cliffs 1,801 years ago

2010-12-10 12:43:13

This year's lifetime achievement award winner John Woo with his "Reign of Assassins" leading lady Michelle Yeoh.

2010-09-04 11:04:11