Natasha Pickowicz

Manohla Dargis: Caged in a Beijing Theme Park, Yearning for Something More

Posted by Natasha Pickowicz | Jul 1, 2005

From The New York Times: Globalization and its discontents form the molten core of “The World,” the new film from the prodigiously talented Chinese director Jia Zhangke. Set in a sprawling Disney-like entertainment park in a Beijing suburb, the film centers on a young female dancer, Tao (Zhao Tao), whose entire universe seems to begin […]

Bryan Hartz: What Lies Beneath and Before the Flood

Posted by Natasha Pickowicz | Jun 27, 2005

From Asia Pacific Arts: Li Yifan and Yan Wu’s probing, but predictably lumbering documentary “Before the Flood” opens up a can of worms that the rest of the world would be well advised to um, swallow. Or at least digest a little. Once completed, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will be the […]