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Home » Jia Zhang-ke

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: The director as public intellectual

by Ben Sachs June 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Five masterpieces from filmmakers whose work has pushed the cultural envelope

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: The test of time

by Ben Sachs April 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Films that successfully subvert ordinary cinematic conventions about the passage of time

Posted inFilm

Ash Is Purest White is another triumph for Jia Zhang-ke

by Ben Sachs April 5, 2019August 18, 2021

No other director can evoke feelings of displacement so palpably.

Posted inFilm

Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018

by Ben Sachs December 21, 2018August 18, 2021

A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old

Posted inBlogs

Oscar shorts out the wazoo, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones January 31, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

Year in review: 2013 at the movies

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs December 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Year in review: J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs each pick their top ten.

Posted inBlogs

A closer look at one shot of A Touch of Sin

by Ben Sachs November 25, 2013August 19, 2021

How Jia Zhang-ke’s latest benefits from sitting in the front row

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 11/25: “Violence and Virtue,” the Music Box’s 30th anniversary, and “Let There Be Light”

by Jillian Sandler November 25, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, November 25

Posted inBlogs

Jia Zhang-ke, Alexander Payne, Stephen Frears, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 22, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

A Touch of Sin
Posted inFilm

Enough is enough in A Touch of Sin

by J.R. Jones November 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Jia Zhang-ke’s A Touch of Sin tells four stories of people driven to violence

Posted inBlogs

Afric-a-go-go

by J.R. Jones June 19, 2009August 19, 2021

The African Diaspora Film Festival opens today at Facets Cinematheque. Plus, this week’s Critic’s Choices and new reviews.

Posted inBlogs

No place of grace

by Pat Graham March 5, 2008August 19, 2021

Jia Zhang-ke’s Still Life looks into the future–and none of us is there!

Posted inBlogs

Gambler’s luck

by Pat Graham October 3, 2007August 19, 2021

The Chicago International Film Festival’s always a guessing game … but sometimes you can guess right.

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