"Sorry… Forget this is New York, not Beijing," laughed Jia Zhang-Ke, a titan of Chinese cinema's post-1990 "Sixth Generation" of directors, to a packed house inside ...

Director Jia Zhang-Ke returns with a sprawling portrait of romantic destiny culled from 22 years of footage with "Caught by the Tides," his latest collaboration with his wife and muse Zhao Tao.

Here’s a synopsis courtesy of the New York Film Festival: “The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social transformation, Jia Zhang-ke has taken his boldest ...