Mountains May Depart, the latest film from celebrated filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), is part intimate love story and part cultural critique of a changing nation. The sweeping drama ...

This year’s TIFF Tribute Awards are shaping up to be shiny indeed. Today, Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey has announced a pair of additional honorees who will be receiving TIFF ...

Stalwart Sixth Generation Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke leads his partner and muse, Zhao Tao, on a decades-long romantic odyssey in Caught By the Tides, which tries too hard to play with time and form ...

Shanghai: Chinese Star Zhao Tao Talks Jury Duty, Strong Female Characters and Working With Jia Zhangke Chinese actress Zhao Tao, a jury member at the Shanghai International Film Festival, reveals the ...

NEW YORK, March 6, 2010 - Internationally renowned Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke and his long-time collaborator, actress Zhao Tao, shed light on the nature of creative collaboration when they spoke ...

Zhao Tao (“Mountains May Depart”) and Liao Fan (“Black Coal, Thin Ice”) are set to star in Jia Zhang-ke’s new film, “Ash is Purest White,” the Chinese auteur’s follow up to “Mountains May Depart” ...

The moment the extraordinary actress Zhao Tao first appears in “Mountains May Depart,” line dancing to the Pet Shop Boys’ cover of “Go West,” she and writer-director Jia Zhangke (her husband and ...

Directors casting their spouses is as old as cinema itself, and one of the best modern teams has long been Chinese director Jia Zhangke and actress Zhao Tao. Starting with his 2000 film “Platform,” ...