A story of modern Shanghai, told with stories from the past. Footage of modern Shanghai, with its flashy skyscrapers and restless crowds, collides with quiet, stationary interviews of times long gone.
A director’s cut of Jia Zhangke’s latest movie, Ash is Purest Whiteย (ๆฑๆนๅฟๅฅณ jiฤnghรบ รฉrnว), was released in China last Friday that was six minutes shorter...
The Pingyao International Film Festival, organized by acclaimed director Jia Zhangke, opened on Saturday with a red-carpet gala and ceremony featuring A-listers such as festival ambassador Fan Bingbing. Unfortunately, the attraction only ran surface-deep.