A still from director Chen Kaige's 1993 film "Farewell My Concubine." (Courtesy Film Movement Classics) Unavailable for years except via bootlegs and old, out-of-print Miramax DVDs, director Chen ...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a film covering more historical tumult than Farewell My Concubine, a deeply felt blurring of the line between art and performer. Director Chen Kaige’s masterwork follows ...
For thousands of years, Chinese Emperors maintained harems with numerous wives, selecting concubines from among the noble and ...