Flicks with The Film Snob

Author: Chris Dashiell

Flicks with The Film Snob features a weekly film review focused on new independent releases and old classics. Chris Dashiell knows film, and he knows enough to know whats worth watching and why. Produced in Tucson Arizona at KXCI Community Radio.
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Caught by the Tides
Monday, 12 January, 2026

Jia Jhangke is, to my mind, the greatest living director in mainland China. His latest work, Caught by the Tides, actually seems to be a completely new kind of creation. We begin in 2001, with candid footage of mostly middle aged women nostalgically sharing and singing traditional songs with each other, including some from Shanxi opera, in a large and plain-looking room. They are former opera singers having a twenty year reunion. The use of songs as a way to preserve our past cultural heritage is a theme that reappears throughout the film. Is this is a non-fiction film, a…