Stream truly great cinema.
NOTE: This is not a ranked list. This is merely a listing of the films of Jia’s that I have seen, and a few comments about each.
Jia Zhangke is, to me and many others, an almost endlessly fascinating director, one who charts the growth and progress in China in virtually every film – that growth, though, not always being the best thing for the country. He has stated that he cares only what the Chinese think of his films, and that, if they work for the people of China, he has, essentially, done his job. I believe it’s...