Daily Briefing. Honda, Güney, Zhangke and More
David HudsonAlso: News from Kustendorf, Berlin, Rotterdam, Sweden, Norway, France and beyond.
Jia Zhangke
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Daily Briefing. JLG, Benning/Cassavetes, Jia + Zhao
David HudsonGodard talks about his next film, Benning mentions one he slipped in between Ruhr and Twenty Cigarettes — and more.
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Senses of Cinema 59, Scope 20 and More
David HudsonSenses of Cinema editor Rolando Caputo introduces the new issue: "For some time now, Senses has wanted to publish an English language translation of Jean-Baptiste Thoret's seminal article, 'The Seventies
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Jia Zhangke, Pedro Costa, DVDs and More
David HudsonThis coming Saturday, Not Coming to a Theater Near You presents Jia Zhangke's rarely screened 2007 documentary, Useless, at the 92Y Tribeca. Leo Goldsmith opens a new series, Jia Zhangke's Migrations
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Highlights from the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Andrew ChanIn a city often derided as art-phobic and money-obsessed, the Hong Kong International Film Festival provides an annual opportunity for local audiences to contextualize their own regional cinema alongside
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Leopard of Honour for Jia Zhangke
fabrizio malteseThe Festival del film Locarno (August 4 through 14) has announced that it will award the Pardo d’onore Swisscom (Leopard of Honour) to Jia Zhangke. Olivier Père, Artistic Director: "This is the first time
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Cannes 2010. Favorite Moments: Days 5 & 6
Daniel KasmanAbove: Frammartino's Le quattro volte. Le quattro volte (Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy) There are too many great moments to mention in each section of this four part film set in the Italian countryside—the
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Cannes 2010. Jia Zhangke's "I Wish I Knew"
David Hudson"Like his last film, 2008's 24 City, Jia Zhangke's Un Certain Regard title I Wish I Knew is a documentary/fiction hybrid about modern-day China," begins Matt Noller at the House Next Door. "Where
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Cannes 2010. Today's Quiet City: "I Wish I Knew" (Jia Zhangke, China)
Daniel KasmanTalking heads, a wandering ghost frought with meaning, and a politely complacent tone sabotage the new, overlong, and very “inside” documentary on Shanghai by Jia Zhangke, I Wish I Knew. Whether due
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Cinema Scope, Film Quarterly, Sight & Sound
David Hudson"I hate compiling lists, and I hate polls," announces Mark Peranson, introducing Issue 42 of Cinema Scope, the centerpiece of which is "The Decade in Review," a top ten (#1: Jia Zhangke's Platform
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Sinophilic Cinephilia: Asia Society's "China’s Past Present, Future on Film"
Andrew ChanAbove: Robin Weng's Fujian Blue. There are a few reasons to justify Richard Brody’s claim that Chinese filmmaking was “the crucial story in cinema of the past decade.” The astonishing output from
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What is the 21st Century?: Going Places with Yu Lik-wai
Ignatiy VishnevetskyIf you're going to talk about cinema at present, even if you're not talking very thoroughly, it's inevitable that Yu Lik-wai's work, if not his name, will come up. If anyone's got answers about the present