The weight of the past comes crashing down on a pair of ex-lovers in Chinese director Cai Shangjun’s latest drama, which asks whether it’s possible to forgive and forget — or even to go on living when ...

What do we owe to the people we love? Even devoted partners can have radically different answers to this seemingly straightforward question — a tragedy explored at some length in Cai Shangjun’s “The ...

Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should be—brave, admiring of nature and grace—its ...

Guangzhou Mint Pictures Co.¸ Ltd/Guangzhou Zizai Media Co.¸ Ltd. It’s been a few days since you won the Volpi Cup. How have your feelings shifted since then? How do you feel now? My emotions have been ...

This year marks the centennial of “The Sun Also Rises,” the debut novel of Ernest Hemingway, an anniversary that arrives with a familiar complication. Few major American novels are so widely taught, ...