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.
Tag / China
Mountains May Depart (2015)
Jia Zhangke returns to form in this superior drama about the ties that bind us together, even if we scatter like fireworks.
Touch of Sin, A (2013)
A sprawling and inconsistently-paced effort with multiple stories and unrelated characters whose sum is lesser than its parts.
Golden Era, The (2014)
A poetically-told 3-hour long account of the life story of famous Chinese writer Xiao Hong with sumptuous visuals and elegant direction.
Assassin, The (2015)
Hou’s latest may be extremely slow and loosely structured, but its sheer beauty and assured direction will bring you deep into a world of strangely alluring characters, dilemmatic codes of honour and astonishing landscapes.
