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 ...

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 ...

Zhao Tao: I think my relationship with these two men in the film was not so explicit in the script, so my job was to flesh out all the different experiences over our lifetime together.

Zhao Tao and Liao Fan in Ash is Purest White (2018). Courtesy Shozo Ichiyama. Zhangke, through his films, has provided glimpses into globalising China like few other directors before and after him.

The Venice Film Festival is unveiling the lineup for its 2025 festival today. Festival director Alberto Barbera will announce ...

Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Zhao Tao, Stéphane Brizé, Maura Delpero and Cristian Mungiu will be joining Alexander ...

Zhao Tao: I wanted to find specific characterization for each period and each age. For Tao in 1999, I wanted to portray her as someone who’s very pure, very naive, who only looks at the bright ...

21 Jul – Zhao Tao has recently been named one of the jury members of the upcoming 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Zhao Tao is one of the most recognizable faces in Chinese art cinema thanks to her longtime collaboration with acclaimed director Jia Zhangke, whom she married in 2012. From 2000’s “Platform ...

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke leads his partner and muse, Zhao Tao, on a decades-long romantic odyssey in Caught By the Tides. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

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 ...