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 ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans fifty years of 20th-century Chinese history while shining a spotlight on the ...

One stereotype of the royal concubines is that they’re from poor families, taking the examples of Jang Hee-bin and and Jang Nok-su, while the queens are from aristocratic families. Is that true? So in ...

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 ...

More than 200 items related to the world-renowned Peking Opera Farewell My Concubine are being showcased in Beijing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the classic opera,the 100th birthday of the ...

Concubinage fell into official disrepute in Japan in the late 19th Century when the Japanese discovered that Westerners considered it a barbaric practice. Many a wealthy Japanese male, however, ...