Movie imagery, which has grown brutal and ugly in many of the new high-tech action pictures, may yet be redeemed by the elegance of martial arts pictures from the East. Zhang Yimou's 'House of Flying ...

IN "HOUSE of Flying Daggers," the slow-motion trajectory of a small bean, hurled from a police captain's hand, is a spectacular thing. It's a stunning, moving image, like a hummingbird caught in ...

A story of love in a time of political turmoil, of deception, betrayal and passion, "House of Flying Daggers" is, in terms of plot, a classic romance. But director Zhang Yimou has set that romance ...