George Clooney’s Italian job: Memorable moments from the Venice Film Festival and beyond

Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days.

Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet” is the most personal of remakes.

Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West” in which a primate born from stone acquires supernatural powers and seeks immortality, will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14.

Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award.

It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency.

Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died at age 78.

Houston, we have a problem: Where's Kevin.

“The Last of Us” composer Gustavo Santaolalla says he never felt like he was “just writing music" for a video game.

Singer and songwriter Coco Lee is being mourned by family and friends at a private ceremony a day after fans paid their respects for the Hong Kong-born entertainer who had international success.

Fans of singer and songwriter Coco Lee, who was known for her powerful voice and live performances, have gathered with flowers at her funeral in Hong Kong.

“Brokeback Mountain” was a star-making story onscreen.

The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality.

This photo released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Chow Yun Fat, left, and Michelle Yeoh in a scene from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." (Sony Pictures Classics via AP)NEW YORK – It’s physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that hovers atop slender bamboo trees in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and not say out loud “Whoa.”Twenty years later, the exhilarating grace of Ang Lee’s martial-arts masterwork is just as breathtaking. The way you dream about a movie, it’s very difficult to make real.”Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the release of “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,” an occasion being celebrated with a new limited-edition 4K UHD Blu-ray. Arguably more than any other film, “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” opened mainstream American moviegoers not just to a new genre known predominantly in Asia -- the wuxia tradition -- but to subtitled films in general. It set another record with 10 Academy Awards nominations, a mark since equaled by “Roma” and “Parasite.” “Crouching Tiger” took home four Oscars.

Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-fang holds her awards for Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the 57th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Billy Dai)TAIPEI – The Taiwanese film “My Missing Valentine” won big Saturday night at the annual Golden Horse Awards, taking five honors, including best feature film. Overall, Taiwanese talent enjoyed a big night at the Golden Horse Awards, considered Asia's equivalent of the Academy Awards for Chinese-language films. Mo Tzu-yi won best actor for his role in “Dear Tenant," while Chen Shu-fang won best actress for "Little Big Women." Those tensions have played out at the Golden Horse Awards.

Technical wizardry provides the centerpiece of "Gemini Man," a movie whose most kinetic moments approximate a first-person videogame, while giving Will Smith the opportunity to battle himself. (CNN) - Technical wizardry provides the centerpiece of "Gemini Man," a movie whose most kinetic moments approximate a first-person videogame, while giving Will Smith the opportunity to battle himself. Conceptually, "Gemini Man" is basically just another variation on the Jason Bourne formula, casting Smith as Henry Brogan, a government operative/assassin who -- after dozens of missions and assignments -- decides to hang up his guns. "Gemini Man" succeeds mildly on that latter score, but has seemingly embraced those qualities while giving short shrift to more conventional ones. "Gemini Man" premieres Oct. 11 in the US.