Weekly culture & leisure guide (Dec 6-13)

Lou Ye's Saturday Fiction to hit big screens Saturday

Starring the incomparable, mesmerizing Gong Li, Chinese auteur Lou Ye's black-and-white spy thriller Saturday Fiction will be in theaters Saturday, taking audiences on a thrilling journey into the Japanese-occupied Shanghai on the cusp of World War II.

Making its global premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, the nerve-wracking film follows Yu Jin, a top actress played by Gong, who realizes Japan's imminent attack on Pearl Harbor while acting as a double agent and gathering intelligence for the Allies in Shanghai.