Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. Caught by the Tides opens in theaters on May 9.
Jia Zhangke's is often a cin...
Caught by the Tides is that much-sought, almost-never-fulfilled encounter with something I can't be 100% certain is real. Audacious in concept (assembling a ne...
His first narrative feature in six years, featuring footage collected over some two decades, Jia Zhangke's Caught by the Tides is one of the filmmaker's greate...
Matthieu Laclau is a French editor who has been working in China and Taiwan since 2008. His collaboration with director Jia Zhangke in A Touch of Sin won him B...
Jia Zhang-ke could fairly claim to be the most important filmmaker of his generation; he'd probably be the last person to do so. Audiences tend to scan Jia’s w...