On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two collections you can now stream on The Criterion Channel: Terry Southern: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Screenwriter and Directed by Jia Zhangke. Continue reading After Image: June 6, 2025
The landscape of China is changing. “There’s a lot of environmental change in terms of building and demolition,” Evelyn Shih says. “But also in terms of environmental destruction that people are starting to pay attention to and really be hurt … Continue reading Documenting Landscapes, Poetizing Reality: Evelyn Shih on New Chinese Cinemas
Ash is Purest White is a gangster movie. Well, sort of. Sure, the movie opens with a room full of low-level gangsters gambling, but openings can be deceiving. From there, it’s only a matter of minutes before one gangster pulls a … Continue reading ASH IS PUREST WHITE (江湖儿女)
It’s only a matter of minutes before a loaded gun is produced. Not unusual considering Ash is Purest White revolves around two gangsters, but this is mid-’90s China and unregister firearms are illegal and come with a heavy penalty. Just showing someone … Continue reading DFF Review — ASH IS PUREST WHITE (江湖儿女)
Michael J. Cinema 