When the American writer Derek Sandhaus arrived in Shanghai in 2006, he soon encountered Chinese baijiu — a fiery and powerful liquor found at dining room tables and bars across the country. He didn’t ...
Asia Society New York presents a complete retrospective of Ang Lee's 14 feature films from February 14-23, with select appearances by the filmmaker and collaborators.
The Movies of Ang Lee", this splendid adaption of Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' affirmed the filmmaker's reputation for being able to take on any subject matter.
In the summer of 1989, political theorist Francis Fukuyama wrote in his famous essay “The End of History” that, with the conclusion of the Cold War, liberal democracy had emerged as the world’s only ...
Eileen Chang’s short story about sex and espionage in Japanese-occupied China comes to life in a sumptuous epic that represents the mid-career culmination of Ang Lee’s artistic vision and a sterling ...
Our complete Ang Lee retrospective continues with the director's fifth film, an adaptation of the eponymous Rick Moody novel about the fallout of the sexual revolution in the stifled heart of Nixon’s ...
Our complete Ang Lee retrospective closes out with 'Eat Drink Man Woman', the filmmaker's beloved epicurean delight and his only film set entirely in Taiwan.