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‘Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue’ Trailer: Chinese Auteur Jia Zhang-Ke’s Critically-Acclaimed New Doc Arrives In May

April 28, 2021 11:47 am

Ten years after his last documentary, "I Wish I Knew" (screened in Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2011), acclaimed Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-Ke ("Ash Is Purest White," "A Touch of Sin") returns to non...

NYFF 2020 Full Lineup Revealed: Films From Steve McQueen, Chloe Zhao, Jia Zhangke & More

Charles Barfield

August 13, 2020 12:21 pm

Festivals, News

With the only major US film festival to happen in 2020 being Sundance, it’s not hyperbolic to say that the New York Film Festival is poised to be one of the biggest events in American film this year. It’s kind...

‘I Wish I Knew:’ Jia Zhangke’s Doc Is A Bold Look At Shanghai’s History By One Of Cinema’s Great Masters [Review]

Andrew Bundy

February 13, 2020 2:21 pm

News, Reviews

During the height of China’s Cultural Revolution, circa 1972, a man named Zhu Qiansheng was given an assignment. He was informed that a famous, European film director, Michelangelo Antonioni, would be making a...

Exclusive: Clip From Jia Zhangke’s ‘Mountains May Depart’ Visits The Past

Edward Davis

February 12, 2016 11:35 am

News

Exclusive: Clip From Jia Zhangke's 'Mountains May Depart' Visits The Past

Review: Jia Zhangke’s Ambitious ‘Mountains May Depart’

Oliver Lyttelton

February 11, 2016 6:22 pm

Reviews

Review: Jia Zhangke's Ambitious 'Mountains May Depart'

Watch: Go West With The New Trailer For Jia Zhangke’s ‘Mountains May Depart’

Kevin Jagernauth

December 21, 2015 12:45 pm

News

Watch: Go West With The New Trailer For Jia Zhangke's 'Mountains May Depart'

Cannes Review: Jia Zhangke’s ‘Mountains May Depart’ Is A Decades-Spanning Look At The Changing Face Of China

Oliver Lyttelton

May 21, 2015 7:33 pm

Reviews

Cannes Review: Jia Zhangke's 'Mountains May Depart' Is A Decades-Spanning Look At The Changing Face Of China

Cannes 2010 Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s ‘I Wish I Knew’

Kevin Jagernauth

May 16, 2010 7:42 pm

News

We finally arrived on the Croisette today and in the hustle to get our badge, wade through the crowd for the red carpet premiere of Bertrand Tavernier's latest, and not keel over from lack of sleep on transatla...

Cannes 2010 Lineup Now Complete (Sorry, No Malick Or Tarr); Alexandre Desplat Joins The Jury

Kevin Jagernauth

April 23, 2010 4:15 pm

News

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The Cannes Film Festival have officially announced the remaining titles in the completed festival lineup, and for anyone holding out hope that heavyweights Bela Tarr or Terrence Malick might make a last minute ...

More Anticipated 2010: The 15 Most Anticipated Arthouse Films

Rodrigo Perez

January 22, 2010 6:23 pm

News

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Just when you were thinking, "man, no one does more comprehensive coverage of Most Anticipated 2010 films than The Playlist," we've gone and upped the ante again. But on this list, you won't find tomorrow's blo...

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