At roughly 2 1/2 hours, rather than its original running time of well beyond three hours, “Farewell My Concubine” feels too short. Banned in China, trunchated in America, this epic work by Chen Kaige ...

Fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine” wowed the Cannes jury under president Louis Malle in 1993 — all the way to a Palme d’Or win. But by the time the three-hour epic ...

A well-crafted Joseon Dynasty palace saga in which a royal consort is thrown into a merciless game of thrones, "The Concubine" seduces by way of a slow but ultimately gratifying plot reversal. A ...

Thailand’s king has reconciled with his ousted mistress nearly a year after stripping her royal consort title over accusations of being disloyal and competing against his wife to rise to the level of ...

Nude scenes in Jung Ji-woo’s “Eungyo” and Im Sang-soo’s “The Taste of Money” recently generated an obscene amount of media frenzy. Added to this is the new release “The Concubine,” the promotion of ...

Exclusive: Film Movement Classics will bring a 4K uncut restoration of Chen Kaige's provocative 1993 Palme d'Or winner to North American theaters this September. Watch the trailer here. At last, ...