Film Series
Jiang Wen Rising
The wild man of contemporary Chinese cinema, actor-director Jiang Wen is that rarest of talents: both a magnetic screen presence and a risk-taking auteur, whose films confront the last 100 years of Chinese history with subversive humor and a surplus of style. While he’s moved between art house prizewinners and blockbuster spectacles, what unites all his films are an offbeat sensibility, freewheeling visual style, and ability to smuggle ingeniously veiled political critiques past state censors.
Jiang’s gonzo, Cannes prize winning anti-war satire.
Jiang delivers an arresting performance as an ex-con in this noir-tinged character study.
Jiang’s anarchic coming of age saga is one of the major works of 1990s Chinese cinema.
Jiang’s loopy sensibility meets action genre spectacle.
Jiang goes deliriously over the top in this ultra-lavish, subtly subversive crime musical.
A sweeping saga of lovers caught in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
A gorgeous puzzle told across four stories, four seasons, and three decades.