Se, jie

the scenes of sexual maltreatment however emblematic of colonial exploitation are so excessive as to more or less throw us out of the movie.....The director admires the way Chang describes the euphoria.... ... Full Review

the choreography is cold and clinical rather than arousing.....These not infrequent scenes are certainly gratuitous, not least from a perspective of Chinese cinema.... ... Full Review

Fiercely intelligent and hauntingly beautiful, she gives a passionate, courageous performance that deserves a shelf-full of awards;....He has given Tony Leung a chance to shine with one of the most charismatic and memorable performances of his career....It is another resounding success for Ang Lee, whose film-making has such mass and substance..... ... Full Review

Lust, Caution is Lee's erotic masterpiece.....This is Ang Lee well and truly unplugged.....The gentle Taiwanese director (although there are 32 websites sponsored by the Chinese Government that remind us that their Oscar-winning hero is indisputedly related to Mao) is rapidly becoming a cause célèbre.....Only a director as revered as Ang Lee could have shot a story about China as explicit and raw as this..... ... Full Review

while Lust, Caution was merely bleak..... ... Full Review

Working with Wong Kar-Wai again ... Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP It's official: kung-fu pictures can be bad for your health. The latest casualty is the leading Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, who had his arm broken by a... ... Full Article

On its third weekend on release, Wei Te-sheng's character comedy Cape No. 7 is the first local film in six years to climb to the top of the Taipei box office charts. ... Full Article

Ang Lee's Lust, Caution was the surprise toast of Venice last year, stealing the Golden Lion from under the nose of critical favourite, Abdellatif Kechiche's Couscous (aka The Secret Of The Grain ). ... Full Article

When I first rented Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) all I knew about it was that it was rated NC-17, had subtitles, and was the only movie my boyfriend was interested in watching that night. ... Full Article

Almodovar's film Volver , which sounds gynaecological and like all his films centres on women but actually means "to return", opens with a grave-polishing scene in which Augustina tends her own tomb. ... Full Article

LOCATION: Beijing, China THE SKINNY: China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has released a memo telling the Chinese media to ban images of LUST, CAUTION'S Tang Wei, including a new skin care ad, reported The Hollywood Reporter... ... Full Article