Hulk didn’t smash
It could’ve worked. Maybe it should’ve worked. You can understand what everyone involved was thinking. Superhero movies…
Ang Lee once gave David Harbour a note to "act more handsome"
Stranger Things and Hellboy star David Harbour seems like a pretty cool guy; he does funny commercials, he helps kids…
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a portrait of an America caught out in the cold
Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable…
America had never seen anything like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
People laughed. That’s the thing I remember the most from the sleepy art-house cinema where I first saw Ang Lee’s 2000…
Ang Lee’s next movie might be a spy thriller from Game Of Thrones’ David Benioff
Variety reports that Ang Lee might have lined up his next project, with the celebrated visual artist circling a script…
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is an uneven technical breakthrough
Not every Ang Lee movie explores a facet of American history, but periodically he reaches into this nation’s past and…
Ang Lee’s complete Billy Lynn experiment will only be shown in 2 theaters
During a breakfast preceding the Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk premiere last Friday, producer Marc Platt explained…
Ang Lee talks his high-tech Billy Lynn and why he’s not doing Mulan
The morning before the New York Film Festival premiere of his latest film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ang Lee sat…
Ang Lee turns down Disney’s live-action Mulan
The race to bring the first live-action Mulan film to the big screen has recently kicked into high gear: Last month,…
Ang Lee fought an unconventional Civil War battle with this 1999 flop
One week a month, Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week: F…
If there’s satire, it’s missing from the Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk trailer
It’s been more than a year and a half since we first discussed Ang Lee’s plan to turn the 2012 novel Billy Lynn’s Long…
Ang Lee to debut 120-fps footage from his new Iraq War satire next month
In an effort to make his Iraq War satire look more like GoPro footage of your nephew’s backyard birthday party, Ang Lee…
Chris Tucker and noted satirist Vin Diesel join Ang Lee’s Iraq war movie
There’s been a flurry of news over the past couple of months as Ang Lee nails down the cast for his upcoming Iraq war…
Kristen Stewart in talks to join Ang Lee’s Iraq War film
Kristen Stewart is reportedly in talks to appear in Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, based on the bestselling…
Garrett Hedlund joins Ang Lee’s Iraq War satire
TriStar is apparently close to finalizing negotiations for Garrett Hedlund to appear as an “intense, explosive”…
Steve Martin enlists in Ang Lee’s Iraq war satire Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
If Three Kings, Jarhead, and In The Loop have taught us anything, it’s that Americans don’t care how scathing your…
Ang Lee may direct a satire of the Iraq War
Prolific director Ang Lee may have found his next prestige project: an adaptation of Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long…
Before Marvel made its own movies, Ang Lee offered an idiosyncratic Hulk
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With the…