A trailblazer for women in Asian martial arts cinema, Ms. Cheng rose to fame in the 1960s in Hong Kong.
Category: Movies
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‘Find Me Falling’ Review: A Romance With an Edge
Harry Connick Jr. stars as a cranky rocker who returns to Cyprus, the home of the love who inspired a signature hit.
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Kennedy Center Honorees Include Francis Ford Coppola and the Apollo
The renowned Harlem theater will be the first institution to receive the honor. Artists being recognized are Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Grateful Dead.
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Why Levan Akin Won’t Show His New Movie ‘Crossing’ in Georgia
The director Levan Akin is worried that his latest film, “Crossing,” will inflame tensions around L.G.B.T. visibility in the post-Soviet nation.
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‘Crumb Catcher’ Review: The Smother of Invention
An obnoxious inventor wreaks havoc on an upstate honeymoon in Chris Skotchdopole’s tepid psychological thriller.
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‘Widow Clicquot’ Review: Champagne Mami
This muddled film, based on a true story, chronicles the origins of the French champagne house Veuve Clicquot.
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‘Oddity’ Review: Twisted Sister
A haunted house, a blind psychic and a suspicious death fuel this flawed yet fun supernatural thriller.
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‘Crossing’ Review: Stories to Tell
In Levan Akin’s fascinating drama, two strangers connect in Istanbul.
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‘Twisters’ Review: When the Monster Is Real
Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 hit — and times sure have changed.
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‘Great Absence’ Review: A Mystery of Disappearance
A skillfully directed Japanese mystery dips into the strangeness of dementia for those who stand by and watch.
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‘Rust’ Armorer Asks for New Trial After Dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s Case
Lawyers for the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, are seizing on a judge’s dramatic dismissal of the actor’s case to argue for her release from prison.
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Why Donald Glover Is Saying Goodbye to Childish Gambino
“Bando Stone & the New World,” his new album due Friday, tells a story about the potential end of the world — and the conclusion of his pseudonymous musical project.