Ash is Purest White – Review Jack Blackwell October 11, 2018 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 11/10/2018. When is an epic not an epic? When nothing of note ever seems to happen. Jia Zhangke’s latest film has all...
A Beginner’s Guide to… The Fifth Generation of Chinese Cinema Cathy Brennan February 16, 2017 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features The newly released The Great Wall is the latest example of the Chinese film industry attempting to create the kind of big-budget spectacle that used to be the sole preserve of Hollywood; yet another sign...
Jia Zhangke, A Guy From Fenyang – LFF Review Tori Brazier September 30, 2015 Reviews Director Walter Salles plunges straight in from frame one with his subject in Jia Zhangke, A Guy From Fenyang, a very personal study of Sixth Generation Chinese director and writer Zhangke. The...
Mountains May Depart – LFF Review Tom Bond September 29, 2015 Reviews Jia Zhangke continues to chronicle contemporary Chinese society, but this time he looks to the future in a story stretching from 1999 to 2025. Zhangke offers wry humour and class pressures in the...
