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Chinese Films Withdrawn from Melbourne Festival Over Kadeer Documentary
From Xinhua News Agency: Three Chinese films have been withdrawn from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival in protest of the inclusion of a documentary about Rebiya Kadeer — the leader of...
View ArticleIn Search of Remembrance: Jia Zhangke’s I Wish I Knew
China Beat reviews I Wish I Knew, a documentary by Jia Zhangke: Jia’s best films are insistently about the articulation of “space” amid seemingly insurmountable constraints. In these films, Jia strives...
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Netizen Voices: Power Cut at Indie Film Fest
It was a mere 30 minutes into the opening screening of the 9th annual Beijing Film Festival when the power cut off. Last year’s festival was also shut down by local authorities. Forced into private...
View ArticleJia Zhangke’s ‘A Touch of Sin’ Premieres in Cannes
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke‘s A Touch of Sin (天注定) screened today at the Cannes Film Festival, where it is being considered for the “Golden Palm,” the prestigious festival’s highest prize. Today’s...
View ArticleJia Zhangke: “I Want to Bring About Change in China”
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s new film, A Touch of Sin (天注定) screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month. While it lost the festival’s top prize to French-Tunisian director Abdellatif...
View ArticleJia Zhangke: China Must End Silence on Injustice
Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin (天注定), a film containing enough violence for critics to have conjured thoughts of Tarantino, won best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival last month. Just prior to...
View ArticleFilmmaker Gives Voice to Acts of Rage in Today’s China
China has seen a series of bloody incidents in recent years, most recently including a string of bombings and several knife attacks. Some attackers have been driven by despair at land seizures,...
View ArticleJia Zhangke on “A Touch of Sin”
In May, Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin (天注定) won the prize for best screenplay at the Cannes International Film Festival. The martial-arts film, described as being “based on true events,” is inspired by...
View ArticleFilm Review: A Touch of Sin
The New York Times reviewed “A Touch of Sin”, the newest work of the Chinese independent director Jia Zhangke, which is being released in the U.S. this week: Divided into four main sections, each...
View ArticleJia Zhangke on Violence, Censorship and His New Film
Edward Wong of the New York Times recently spoke with film director Jia Zhangke, whose new movie, a Touch of Sin, is playing at film festivals around the world after winning the best screenplay award...
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Minitrue: A Touch of Sin
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Do not conduct interviews, report, or...
View ArticleLeaders & Activists Clash on Global Thinkers List
Foreign Policy magazine has published the latest iteration of its annual Global Thinkers list. “Admittedly, not every one of our Global Thinkers is an angel,” the introduction reads. “There are a few...
View ArticleNo ‘Touch of Sin’ At the Oscars
At Asia Society Jonathan Landreth explains how China prevented Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin from making it to the Oscars despite its popularity among leading film critics: A Touch of Sin has thus far...
View ArticleWhy Censors Are Scared of Jia Zhangke’s Film
Chinese film director Jia Zhangke, whose lastest film A Touch of Sin has been censored on mainland China and prevented from entering the Oscars, explains why the Chinese authorities have clamped down...
View ArticleChinese Film Jury Refuses To Award Best Picture
There was no Best Picture winner at this year’s China Film Directors’ Guild Awards, a move “some insiders” interpret as a political statement against the blocking of films like Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of...
View ArticleSmog Journeys: Air Pollution Inspires Film & Novel
This winter, like years past, has seen Beijing and other Chinese cities blanketed in a thick cover of smog. Last week, the Air Quality Index went above 500, the highest level on the AQI chart:...
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