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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Starring: Maotao Hu | Tao Zhao | You Zhou | Zhou Lan | Zhubin Li
Michael says: “Zhangke Jia’s twelfth, full-length feature narrative, CAUGHT IN THE TIDES, is a challenging yet fascinating construction of his own past and present work to tell the tale of a woman searching for her beloved over decades. The film
Read the review...By Chris Kriofske
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Zhangke Jia
Starring: Fan Liao | Feng Xiaogang | Tao Zhao | Xu Zheng | Zhang Yibai
Chris says: “Jia Zhangke’s last film, MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART is my favorite of his assessments of how much China has evolved in his lifetime; although this repeats many of that film’s tropes (plus sneaks in a callback to STILL LIFE,
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jia Zhangke
Starring: Jianbin Chen | Joan Chen | Liping Lu | Tao Zhao
Bruce says: “Years from now there is no doubt in my mind that Jia ZhangKe will be considered one of the great documentarians of the great Chinese migration from a planned economy to a market-driven economy. 24 CITY is a
Read the review...By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Zhang Ke Jia
Starring: Haiyu Xiang | Hong Wei Wong | Lin Zhou | Sanming Han | Tao Zhao | Zhubin Li
Bruce says: “Anyone who has seen THE WORLD will likely expect great things from Jia Zhang-ke, one of China’s ascending directorial stars. While THE WORLD was not a totally satisfying film it did portend great things to come. Happily, the
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