Inside the mini electrical pickup, the three toddlers were having their swimming lessons. Each one of them was equipped with their pink gears, aka floating pads, to keep them safe and cute hats just ...

The spirit of Ms. Zhao’s film—and it is Ms. Zhao’s film—ranges from buoyant to playful during the downtime between generic battles to the almost death.

The controversy that had engulfed Ms. Zhao last month centered on remarks she made in 2013 to an American film magazine in which she criticized China as a place “where there are lies everywhere.” ...

Ms Zhao, who moved to Melbourne from Shanghai when she was 10, says mindfulness for children wasn’t something that was brought up or spoken about when she was growing up in China.

Soon after Ms Zhao won the Golden Globe, internet-users dug up comments she had made in 2013, saying China is “a place where there are lies everywhere”. Censors pounced, removing any mention ...