Maggie Lee

More than three years in the making, and easily the most ambitious cinematic rendition yet of the adventures of Buddhist monk Xuanzang and his three demigoblin disciples, "The Monkey King"...

Dispelling much of the smoke around most cinematic depictions of firefighting, "As the Light Goes Out" reps an authentic-looking entry in the genre, delving into its characters' physical ordeals and...

Inviting immediate comparisons with Hou Hsiao Hsien's "A Summer at Grandpa's" (1984), "A Time in Quchi" finds Taiwanese auteur Chang Tso-chi attaining a new level of subtlety with his lucid,...

Full of bitchiness, pillow talk and gay subtext, plus skirts that trail for yards, "Tiny Times 2.0" is a sexier affair than "Tiny Times," the Shanghai-set tween girl-power fantasy directed...

A quasi-scientific fantasy in which two lovers enter each other's subconscious to confront their joint childhood trauma, "Real" is Kiyoshi Kurosawa at his least disturbing or mesmerizing. Although the aesthetics...

After his wistful, lyrical directing debut, "Secret," Mando-pop star Jay Chou makes a brash departure with "The Rooftop," a raucous '70s action-musical about a group of slackers and their brawling,...

There's little in the way of drama, character depth or mise-en-scene to distract from Tiger Chen's technically dazzling display of human combat in Keanu Reeves' helming debut, "Man of Tai...

Although "Unbeatable" contains a few pugilist-pic cliches, the storytelling artistry of Hong Kong helmer Dante Lam and Nick Cheung's powerhouse performance make a raw and compelling experience out of this...

With its gravity-defying stunts and logic-resistant plot twists, its kinky couture and kinkier sex, "Switch" dishes out splashy thrills so indiscriminately, it winds up feeling like a theme park with...

Neither Mumbai's streets nor her morally bankrupt citizens are a pretty sight in "Ugly," the latest crime thriller helmed and written by Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap. Coldly scrutinizing the shadowy...