John Woo Articles

Michelle Yeoh, Reign of Assassins John Woo and Chao-Bin Su's upcoming Reign of Assassins marks the return of Michelle Yeoh, 48, to the martial arts genre. Yeoh hadn't kicked, fought, and flown since her ferocious star turn in Ang Lee's Academy Award winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ten years ago. According to an Associated Press report, the role of a fabric seller haunted by her [...]

MOTHER Wins Top Asian Film Award The Asian Film Awards' first Best Costume Designer prize was presented by Donatella Versace to Christian Lacroix, Anne Dunsford and Wang Chia-Hui for Tsai Ming-liang's French-Taiwanese Face (above). Another Face victory: the movie was much praised for its look (though not for its storyline): was in the Best Production Designer category: the winners were Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Patrick Dechesne and [...]

Teddy Chan's Bodyguards and Assassins, the story of a gang of martial-art fighters trying to protect early 1900s Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sun during a visit to Hong Kong, garnered a whopping 19 nominations — a record — for the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards. Among those are best film, best director and best actor (Wang Xueqi). Featuring Donnie Yen Zi-dan, Leon Lai Ming, and [...]

Red Cliff by John Woo (Magnet Releasing) John Woo will be the recipient of the 2010 Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. As per the Venice festival's website, Woo was chosen by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, "at the recommendation of the Director of the Festival, Marco Müller. "The acknowledgment recognizes a filmmaker who in [...]