Aliza Ma

Truth or Consequences

May 1, 2019

With Non-Fiction, Olivier Assayas sets his galaxy brain to work on the shifting sand and mirages of the vaunted digital age

Ice Age

By Aliza Ma

March 6, 2019

With An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo leaves behind a shattering final testament to China’s postindustrial no-hopers

Love and Theft

By Aliza Ma

November 1, 2018

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or-winner Shoplifters unsettles the family drama genre by focusing on society’s forgotten souls

Interview: Bai Xue

By Aliza Ma

September 24, 2018

Love and theft: a breathtaking debut feature by a Chinese filmmaker follows a teenage girl down the road of corruption

Review: First Reformed

By Aliza Ma

May 1, 2018

(Paul Schrader, USA, A24, Opening May 18)

Short Take: I Love You, Daddy

By Aliza Ma

November 3, 2017

(Louis C.K., USA, The Orchard, Opening  November 17)

Now It’s Dark

By Aliza Ma

November 3, 2017

There’s no breadcrumb trail back from David Lynch’s 18-episode journey into the void, Twin Peaks: The Return

Fellow Feeling

By Aliza Ma

May 3, 2017

Recently restored, the warmly realized 1972 miniseries Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day marks a thrilling new peak in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s towering career

Review: Our Little Sister

By Aliza Ma

July 5, 2016

(Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, 2015)

Interview: Jia Zhang-ke

By Aliza Ma

January 4, 2016

Home truth: the director of Mountains May Depart explains why it's his most personal film yet (and analyzes its Pet Shop Boys anthem)

Killer Technique

By Aliza Ma

September 3, 2015

Returning in full force with The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-hsien explains how he summons wondrous beauty and piercing realism from an ancient genre