Honor among thieves is a thing of the past in the new China, where cash trumps respect. By THR Staff Flying the flag in prestige slots at Venice and Toronto, Guan Hu’s Mr. Six (Lao Pao Er) is China’s ...

In this unusually fight-skittish action-movie scenario, Chinese director Feng Xiaogang plays a reformed criminal struck by how much the codes of behavior have changed when his son is kidnapped. Though ...

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Feng Xiaogang, consistently China’s most successful director, has taken on acting roles before, mostly bit parts and secondary characters. But appearing in the title role of Venice festival’s closing ...

One R. L. Six, an unidentified foreigner, presumably a missionary, accompanied four friends to Luchowfu, Anhwei Province, to see the native religious festival in honor of the Goddess of Mercy. Amid a ...