She starred in kung fu movies from the modern origins of the form in midcentury Hong Kong to the worldwide breakout “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” By Alex Traub Cheng Pei Pei, a star of two of the ...

Popular nouveau-actioners from The Matrix to Charlie's Angels have appropriated the high-flying kinetics of Hong Kong wire-fu to fashion a sleek future hero unbound by the mortal limits of physics and ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses major plot points for “Kung Fu Panda 4,” now playing in movie theaters. Everyone’s favorite panda Po is back in “Kung Fu Panda 4,” with Jack Black returning to ...

Despite only having a short stint as a kung fu movie star, Bruce Lee had a tremendous impact on the genre, one that steered the direction of so many Hong Kong movie studios for years. For filmmakers, ...