Saturday Fiction (China, 2019) [TIFF 2019]
The prospect of Lou Ye and Gong Li working together should excite anyone who is even remotely interested in contemporary Chinese cinema. With Saturday Fiction,...
The Shadow Play (China, 2018)
Emerging from two-years of censorship limbo, Lou Ye’s noir melodrama The Shadow Play is every inch a film by the Sixth Generation maverick despite jarring...
Fleeting Romance in the Throes of Development: Lou Ye’s Suzhou River (2000) [DCCFF 2017]
Lou Ye’s breakthrough feature Suzhou River intertwines the destinies of two couples. Mardar (Jia Hongsheng) is a motorcycle courier and small-time criminal who becomes romantically...
Chinese Film Industry Talks: In Conversation with Producer Isabelle Glachant
In the fast growing Chinese film market, very talented local filmmakers have experienced difficulties in reaching their national audience, although their works have received awards...
Blind Massage (China, 2014) [NYAFF 2014]
Easily the most powerful and innovative Asian film of this year, Blind Massage consolidates the rebirth of Mainland director Lou Ye as a world-class talent....
Mystery (China, 2012) [NYAFF 2013]
It’s a cliché to state that China’s social landscape is constantly changing, but based on the milieu of Mystery, a few years away from home...
Summer Palace (China, 2006)
A heady combination of political discontent, tortured relationships and shattered idealism, Lou Ye’s fiercely compelling Summer Palace is one of the landmark films of China’s...