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Tag: Jia Zhang-ke
Movie Tuesday: The test of time
Films that successfully subvert ordinary cinematic conventions about the passage of time
Ash Is Purest White is another triumph for Jia Zhang-ke
No other director can evoke feelings of displacement so palpably.
Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018
A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old
Oscar shorts out the wazoo, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Year in review: 2013 at the movies
Year in review: J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs each pick their top ten.
A closer look at one shot of A Touch of Sin
How Jia Zhang-ke’s latest benefits from sitting in the front row
Reader’s Agenda Mon 11/25: “Violence and Virtue,” the Music Box’s 30th anniversary, and “Let There Be Light”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, November 25
Jia Zhang-ke, Alexander Payne, Stephen Frears, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Enough is enough in A Touch of Sin
Jia Zhang-ke’s A Touch of Sin tells four stories of people driven to violence
Afric-a-go-go
The African Diaspora Film Festival opens today at Facets Cinematheque. Plus, this week’s Critic’s Choices and new reviews.
No place of grace
Jia Zhang-ke’s Still Life looks into the future–and none of us is there!
Gambler’s luck
The Chicago International Film Festival’s always a guessing game … but sometimes you can guess right.