Interview
Hyperallergic interviews Jia about Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue and finding people to testify about their experiences in rural villages over the past seven decades.
Film
While the Chinese director has won acclaim for movies like A Touch of Sin and Ash Is Purest White, his documentaries are an equally vital part of his oeuvre.
Film
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of the poster and trailer for Jia's upcoming documentary Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue.
Film
The San Diego Asian Film Festival has the strongest online festival program yet.
Film
In Jia Zhangke’s short film The Hedonists, finally available to stream, laid-off miners become theme park reenactors.
Film
The writer-director's latest feature film chronicles China's socioeconomic transformation through the eyes of a couple caught up in the criminal underworld.
Announcement
A “brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China” (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A Touch of Sin [http://atouchofsin.com/] was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. A Touch of Sin [http://en