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Category / Jia, Zhangke

February 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Pickpocket (1998)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 1998, China, Jia Zhangke
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As China urbanises, a man stagnates in this masterful and revelatory feature debut by Jia Zhangke, shot in 16mm and featuring non-professional actors. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Still Life (2006)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2006, China, Jia, Zhangke
  • 1 Comment

A stunning work of geographical and existential malaise and one of Jia Zhangke’s finest docu-fictive accomplishments, gorgeously shot along the Yangtze River in Fengjie County as a man and a woman separately search for their estranged spouse amid the human impact of the Three Gorges Dam’s construction.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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February 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Ash Is Purest White (2018)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2018, China, Jia, Zhangke
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3.5 stars

A Jia Zhangke enthusiast might find this very much a recycling of past themes—not that it is any bad, but that greatness seems elusive as the film progresses.

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January 18, 2019April 1, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Mountains May Depart (2015)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2015, China, Jia, Zhangke
  • 1 Comment

4 stars

Jia Zhangke returns to form in this superior drama about the ties that bind us together, even if we scatter like fireworks.

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January 18, 2019April 1, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Touch of Sin, A (2013)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2013, China, Jia, Zhangke
  • 1 Comment

3 stars

A sprawling and inconsistently-paced effort with multiple stories and unrelated characters whose sum is lesser than its parts.

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