Jia Zhangke Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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Woman in orange dress and jacket, performing on stage with colourful lighting.
Review

Ash is Purest White

by Trevor Johnston

Jia Zhangke combines gangster pic and social critique to thrilling effect with help from his regular partner in crime Zhao Tao.

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Two people standing in an alley, one wearing a red coat and the other a blue jacket.
Review

Mountains May Depart

by David Jenkins

Jia Zhangke’s ambitious, multi-stranded romantic epic features a stunning central turn from Zhao Tao.

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A man rides a motorcycle piled high with crates of tomatoes in front of a fiery explosion in the background.
Review

A Touch of Sin

by D'Arcy Doran

Violence as a way of life in Jia Zhangke’s searing state-of-the-nation address.

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