Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Wayne Wang has a special position in American cinema — though drawing story and characters with the compassionate warmth that has become his trademark he remains an outside observer, perched on the periphery of many screen lives. "That's because I've never become part of the American fabric" says Wang, whose latest work, "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,"...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Indie icon Wang Wang will be behind the camera for an English language drama to star Chinese beauty Zhang Ziyi. It's a 19th century period piece about two female friends and the strictures Chinese society placed on women in that...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Zhang Ziyi is joining Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan in producing Snow Flower and the Secret Fan , an English-language drama starring Zhang. The Hollywood Reporter says Wayne Wang will direct. Set in 19th century remote China, the film revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women. The "Snow Flower"...
watch movies online for free full movie downloads (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
#1 WISEVID: Full Movie #2 STAGEVU: Full Movie Director: Wayne Wang Writers: Yiyun Li (short story) Michael Ray (writer) Contact: View company contact information for The Princess of Nebraska on IMDbPro. Release Date: 20 June 2008 (Spain) Genre: Drama Li Ling ... Sasha Brian Danforth ... Boshen Minghua Tan ... May Zhi Hao Li ... Driver Hiep Thi Le ... Mother at Mall Djinn Ong ... Father...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Carla Gugino has spent the better part of the last decade playing some of the most complicated and interesting female characters in Hollywood. After early roles in lighthearted fare like Son in Law , she played an appropriately combative counterpart for Michael J. Fox's deputy Mayor on Spin City before appearing in Wayne Wang's The Center of the World as a troubled seductress, Robert...
The Great Swifty Speaketh! (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Caught a free screening of A THOUSAND YEAR OF GOOD PRAYERS in uni yesterday evening. Made a point of going because I read Yiyun Li's anthology of short stories of the same name just a couple of weeks earlier (which I thoroughly enjoyed). I liked parts of it, but the rest, I had mixed feelings. The original source material's pretty sparse, so I did enjoy some things that director Wayne Wang...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Wayne Wang, often described by U.S. film critics as "our resident Chinese filmmaker," has returned —if not exactly to his roots then a turf where he feels especially comfortable. After drumming up ubiquitous crowd pleasers like "Maid in Manhattan" and "Because of Winn-Dixie," it looks as though Wang has decided that his quota of Hollywood obligations...
KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Zhang Ziyi is joining Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan in producing "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," an English-language drama starring Zhang. Wayne Wang has come aboard as director..
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Though Zhang Ziyi (or Ziyi Zhang depending on who you talk to) is a huge star in the Chinese box office, her starpower in the United States is still growing. After finding a wide audience as a villainous vixen in Rush Hour 2, and critical and awards acclaim with Memoirs of a Geisha, THR reports she has found her next English language film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Wayne Wang will...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Wayne Wang is going to direct this film.
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Zhang Ziyi (Getty) BEIJING -- Zhang Ziyi is joining Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan in producing "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," an English-language drama starring Zhang. Wayne Wang has come aboard as director.Set in 19th century remote China, the film revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women.Producers...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Rex FeaturesNatalie Portman has claimed that her reservations about filming naked scenes are based on concerns that the images will end up on pornographic websites.The actress reportedly turned down a role in Wayne Wang's 1999 movie Anywhere But Here because of the nudity involved but accepted the project when that scene was dropped.Portman told V: "It's annoying because online bulls**t...
