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Ash Is Purest White finds writer-director Zhangke Jia revisiting familiar themes while continuing to observe modern Chinese society with an urgent, empathetic eye.
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As a gangster morality tale "Ash" is pretty mild; as a picture of China and Qiao's struggle it's much better. Jun 21, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
As a gangster morality tale "Ash" is pretty mild; as a picture of China and Qiao's struggle it's much better.
Tom Long
Qiao scams philandering men, seemingly driven by the desire to punish Bin. And yet the film, slowly, reveals more melancholic aims, guiding a low-key finale towards a mournful evocation of what China has lost on the way towards modernisation. Apr 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Qiao scams philandering men, seemingly driven by the desire to punish Bin. And yet the film, slowly, reveals more melancholic aims, guiding a low-key finale towards a mournful evocation of what China has lost on the way towards modernisation.
Kevin Maher
Fascinating in its balance between microcosm and aerial view, but the performances definitely raise more emotional heat. Apr 24, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Fascinating in its balance between microcosm and aerial view, but the performances definitely raise more emotional heat.
Trevor Johnston
This is one of Zhangke's peak achievements: pure cinema, and a story of the underworld unlike anything you've seen before. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
This is one of Zhangke's peak achievements: pure cinema, and a story of the underworld unlike anything you've seen before.
Michael Phillips
But despite the volcanic metaphor of the film's title, it's a tale characterized not by violent release, but by a steady - and ultimately compassionate - spirit of resolve. Mar 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
But despite the volcanic metaphor of the film's title, it's a tale characterized not by violent release, but by a steady - and ultimately compassionate - spirit of resolve.
Pat Padua
The narrative occasionally wavers but not Zhao's performance, her best yet. Mar 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The narrative occasionally wavers but not Zhao's performance, her best yet.
Peter Howell
Zhao is one of the greatest actresses in cinema, and her journey in Ash Is Purest White is hardboiled and subtly melodramatic. Aug 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Zhao is one of the greatest actresses in cinema, and her journey in Ash Is Purest White is hardboiled and subtly melodramatic.
A.S. Hamrah
Led be immensely pained performances from Tao Zhao and Fan Liao, who carry the weight of guilt, betrayal and a rapidly changing society on their shoulders, the film brings in to focus the ways in which forces larger than ourselves end up molding our lives Aug 7, 2019 | Full Review…
Led be immensely pained performances from Tao Zhao and Fan Liao, who carry the weight of guilt, betrayal and a rapidly changing society on their shoulders, the film brings in to focus the ways in which forces larger than ourselves end up molding our lives
Siddhant Adlakha
'Ash Is Purest White' forces audiences to stop, stand still, and question what's lost in the wake of China's fast march forward. Aug 6, 2019 | Full Review…
'Ash Is Purest White' forces audiences to stop, stand still, and question what's lost in the wake of China's fast march forward.
Anthony Kao
Cinephiles craving something more substantial than Hollywood's fast and furious follies would do well to spare a couple of hours for Ash Is The Purest White this weekend. Aug 2, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Cinephiles craving something more substantial than Hollywood's fast and furious follies would do well to spare a couple of hours for Ash Is The Purest White this weekend.
Rashid Irani
An intimate story of romance, betrayal and loss gets framed against the sweeping, epic backdrop of radical, socio-economic changes in China. Aug 2, 2019 | Full Review…
An intimate story of romance, betrayal and loss gets framed against the sweeping, epic backdrop of radical, socio-economic changes in China.
Namrata Joshi
Jia Zhangke creates atmospheres and images of great poetic breath that are full of suggestive power and meaning. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 19, 2019 | Full Review…
Jia Zhangke creates atmospheres and images of great poetic breath that are full of suggestive power and meaning. [Full Review in Spanish]
Alejandro Lingenti
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