Zhang Ziyi rolls across a library floor in a gauzy white tunic, trying to perfect an action stunt and she’s in pain. Her forefinger is a swollen lump, bruised from an injury the previous day, and each ...

For a couple of years, word on the street has been touting a martial arts film that would become the crowning achievement of the genre, a film of intense beauty and majesty, surpassing Crouching Tiger ...