The Sundance Film Festival, held annually in Park City, Utah, is the perfect way to kick off the new cinematic year. The festival helps elevate the platform of some of the most exciting and fresh ...

A visual marvel, Flora Lau's "Luz" is likely to send you out of the theater in search of palpable reality: some grass to touch, maybe, or a hand to hold. Nearly all of her characters are shatteringly ...

The French star plays stepmother to a Chinese art dealer in Flora Lau’s sophomore effort, a Sundance premiere that boasts dazzling imagery but feels emotionally lackluster. From the opening credits ...

Isabelle Huppert and Xiao Dong Guo star in the latest film from writer-director Flora Lau. “Luz” is keenly interested in the interplay between so-called real life and the virtual one that captivates ...

As VR becomes more commonplace in our lives and communication and contact become more digitized, the longing for true connection is ultimately what still grounds us. Although so many of our lives have ...

“Driving Miss Daisy” this ain’t, but a wealthy Hong Kong woman and her mainland Chinese chauffeur do make a small, indefinable connection as they go through their own financial meltdowns in “Bends,” ...

year for Flora Lau Wan-man. An independent filmmaker whose previous efforts consisted of short films and documentaries, the Hong Kong native has, in the space of a few months, moved from being a ...

First-time director Flora Lau's odd-couple romantic tale about an affluent woman and her mainland chauffeur has been selected to compete in the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section.

Flora Lau's debut is beautifully assembled by a top-pedigree production crew, but it remains a modest accomplishment in scope and impact Fai (Chen) is a mainland Chinese immigrant who has obtained ...

Carina Lau and Chen Kun star in Flora Lau's melancholy drama about a Real Housewife of Hong Kong and her personal driver, both facing crises. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic The action takes place ...