Ang Lee

20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!
With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades
Ryan Gilbey
10, Aug, 2023 @11:44 AM

Ang Lee casts son Mason to play Bruce Lee in biopic
The Oscar-winning director’s 32-year-old son has been training for three years for the role
Benjamin Lee
30, Nov, 2022 @7:10 PM

Baftas 2021: Nomadland wins big as Promising Young Woman and Anthony Hopkins surprise
Diverse nominees translate into fairly traditional winners, with Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut taking best British film and Hopkins becoming oldest ever male acting winner
Catherine Shoard
12, Apr, 2021 @7:21 AM

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at 20: a rare action movie with heart
Ang Lee’s audacious smash hit introduced a broad English-speaking world to a new kind of thrill and one that carried with it an unusual substance
Scott Tobias
08, Dec, 2020 @7:21 AM

Gemini Man review – Will Smith v Will Smith leaves audience in a coma
The digital de-ageing gimmick adds little sprightliness to Ang Lee’s humourless thriller about a government agent on the run
Peter Bradshaw
04, Oct, 2019 @9:40 AM

Ang Lee: 'I know I'm gonna get beat up. But I have to keep trying'
The celebrated film-maker’s new film pits Will Smith against his much-younger clone – a reverie on the ageing of both the star and the director
Ryan Gilbey
03, Oct, 2019 @2:04 PM

The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

Top 10 books about Old Shanghai
From JG Ballard to Eileen Chang, these books capture some of the extraordinary spirit of a truly international city between the wars
Paul French
26, Sep, 2018 @10:50 AM

Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio turned down Brokeback Mountain
Original director Gus Van Sant has revealed that multiple A-listers turned down the chance to star in the gay romance
Catherine Shoard
19, Jul, 2018 @10:29 AM

From Hidden to In the Mood for Love: why the 2000s are my favourite film decade | Peter Bradshaw
Featuring Coen brothers masterpieces and an astonishing run by Michael Haneke, this was the decade in which film rediscovered its history – and explored its future – thanks to digital technology
Peter Bradshaw
26, Mar, 2018 @5:00 AM

Under fire: how cinema's new breed of cowboys are taking aim at the old west
They can be set anywhere from Australia to Pakistan – and increasingly it’s women who are shooting from the hip. With new westerns such as My Pure Land and Brimstone, the gunslinger genre continues to reinvent itselfin
Danny Leigh
13, Oct, 2017 @10:30 AM

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk review – not the greatest framing device
Ang Lee’s novel attempt at capturing PTSD mars this version of Ben Fountain’s novel about a young soldier with divided loyalties
Wendy Ide
12, Feb, 2017 @8:00 AM
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