The Cannes selection is a haunting but ultimately life-affirming chronicle of the early days of lockdown. By the time the old project is resurrected, it comes to represent a second chance for all ...

Chinese auteur director Lou Ye kept short his visit to Xining and the First International Film Festival, scuttling back to Beijing as soon as his mentorship duties were completed. But whenever his ...

The most extraordinary thing about Chinese director Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film (2024) is how ordinary it is, considering the attention it has garnered globally. In semi-documentary style, the ...

Acclaimed overseas for defying censors, Lou Ye is more interested in reaching Chinese audiences, as he holds up a cinematic mirror to their lives in modern China. Acclaimed overseas for defying ...