By Jia Zhang-ke in the May-June 2020 Issue
1. The Woman Who Ran
Hong Sangsoo, 2020
2. The Calming
Song Fang, 2020
3. White Building
Kavich Neang, 2020
4. The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925
5. Rain
Joris Ivens, 1929
6. Old Well
Wu Tianming, 1987
7. Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese, 1976
8. I Was Born, But…
Yasujiro Ozu, 1932
9. Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa, 1954
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean, 1957
Jia Zhang-ke is the director of, most recently, Ash Is Purest White and Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, which had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.