Jia Zhangke

Film Fest Gent Are Now Streaming New Shorts from Terence Davies, Bi Gan, Jia Zhangke, and More

Marking perhaps the greatest coup any festival's managed these last ten years, the Film Fest Gent––recently in our sights for their addition of Ryusuke Hamaguc...

U.S. Trailer for Jia Zhangke’s Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Charts a Changing China

Returning to documentary feature filmmaking for the first time since 2010's I Wish I Knew, Jia Zhangke's Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue charts a changing...

Watch: Jia Zhangke Explores Life During Coronavirus in New Short Film Visit

Far down the list of priorities and concerns though it may be, it is entirely inevitable that anybody with any connection to the film world, fan or studio head...

Jia Zhangke on Cinema in the Time of Coronavirus and the Undeniable Truths of Documentary Filmmaking

For more than two and a half decades, the films of Jia Zhangke have given the world a poetic and deeply personal account of the shifting social plains of moder...

Berlin Review: Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Finds Jia Zhangke Returning to the Waves of Time

Of all the monumental parts that tend to constitute the films of Jia Zhangke–the shifting socio-economic landscapes; the departing mountains; Zhao Tao–none has...

I Wish I Knew Review: Jia Zhangke’s Vivid, Vital Exploration of History and Memory Finally Comes to the U.S.

The latest Jia Zhangke film to arrive in the United States is technically not a new film, but rather a director’s cut of his 2010 documentary, I Wish I Knew. W...

I Wish I Knew Trailer: Jia Zhangke’s 2010 Documentary Finally Gets U.S. Release

World premiering at Berlinale shortly is a new film from Jia Zhangke titled Swimming out till the Sea Turns Blue, following his masterful Ash Is Purest White, ...

Lav Diaz on the Desire for Epic Runtimes, Not Voting for the Oscars, and the Problem with Big Film Festivals

We had the chance to speak with the celebrated filmmaker in Hamburg about his approach to filmmaking, streamers versus cinema, and his experiences at film festivals. ...

Teaser for Jia Zhangke’s ‘So Close to My Land’

It's not a decades-spanning crime drama or speculative sci-fi whatsit, but new films from Jia Zhangke are of note no matter the form. (Being one of the ten ...

First Look at Jia Zhangke’s New Documentary ‘So Close to My Land’

Following his latest narrative feature, Ash Is Purest White–one of the finest U.S. releases of the year–Jia Zhangke quickly embarked on his next project, wh...

News

Film Fest Gent Are Now Streaming New Shorts from Terence Davies, Bi Gan, Jia Zhangke, and More

John Carpenter Returns to Director’s Chair with Trailer for New Series Suburban Screams

Martin Scorsese Hopes to Appear In New Jesus Film and Adapt Marilynne Robinson’s Home

Trailers

Divinity Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Presents the Trippiest Film of the Year

U.S. Trailer for The Delinquents Brings Cannes’ Beloved Crime Tale Stateside

Wes Anderson Returns to the World of Roald Dahl in First Trailer for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Reviews

TIFF Review: Michel Franco’s Memory is a Somber, Twisty Study of Love and Trauma

TIFF Review: Wildcat Marks a Significant Misfire for Ethan Hawke

TIFF Review: The Breaking Ice is a Love Triangle Romance That Fails to Find the Emotion

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Wild Bunch on 70mm, Sexy Beast, Lost in Translation & More

New to Streaming: Barbie, El Conde, Rotting in the Sun, Talk to Me & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Sembène, Sorcerer, The Battle of Chile, Dennis Hopper & More

Interviews

Wayne Wang on His Diverse Filmography, Revisiting Old Work, and the Time Gangsters Visited His Set

Fremont Director Babak Jalali on Finding Humor in Editing and His Love of the Hangover Trilogy

Scrapper Director Charlotte Regan on the Deep Emotions of Childhood and the Art of Observation

Podcasts

Watch: Cinephile Summer Season Finale Features The Film Stage vs. Bright Wall/Dark Room

The B-Side – In Conversation with Dustin Guy Defa

Watch: Cinephile Summer Chooses to Accept The Film Stage vs. Happy Sad Confused & Light the Fuse

Jia Zhangke

Film Fest Gent Are Now Streaming New Shorts from Terence Davies, Bi Gan, Jia Zhangke, and More

U.S. Trailer for Jia Zhangke’s Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Charts a Changing China

Watch: Jia Zhangke Explores Life During Coronavirus in New Short Film Visit

Jia Zhangke on Cinema in the Time of Coronavirus and the Undeniable Truths of Documentary Filmmaking

Berlin Review: Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Finds Jia Zhangke Returning to the Waves of Time

I Wish I Knew Review: Jia Zhangke’s Vivid, Vital Exploration of History and Memory Finally Comes to the U.S.

I Wish I Knew Trailer: Jia Zhangke’s 2010 Documentary Finally Gets U.S. Release

Lav Diaz on the Desire for Epic Runtimes, Not Voting for the Oscars, and the Problem with Big Film Festivals

Teaser for Jia Zhangke’s ‘So Close to My Land’

First Look at Jia Zhangke’s New Documentary ‘So Close to My Land’