The three-and-a-half-hour Cannes competition entry from the renowned documaker embeds with garment workers essentially living in factories. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Like Wang’s ...

Icarus Films has taken North American rights to Youth (Spring), the newest feature from Venice prizer winner Wang Bing, which earlier this year became one of the first documentaries admitted to Cannes ...

Check the label on that garment hanging in your closet. If it reads “Made in China,” there’s a chance it was stitched together by one of the characters in Wang Bing’s documentary Youth (Spring), or ...

In his new film, Youth (Spring), the prolific director examines how the People’s Republic became the workshop for much of the world. A scene from Youth (Spring). Wang Bing might be the world’s hardest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is somehow emblematic of modern China — at least of its seamier side, as frequently explored in director Wang Bing’s unsparing ...

Wang Bing’s trilogy about young workers skillfully compresses five years of footage, replicating the rhythm of long hours at work and brief respites at home. Film still of Youth (Hard Times) (2024), ...

Wang Bing’s immersive, 3.5-hour opus heralds a welcome return of the documentary genre to the Cannes Palme d’Or race. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Cannes Film ...

The middle part of the Chinese filmmaker’s documentary trilogy features some subtle tweaks to his observational formula. A primer, first, for anyone who’s not already familiar with the project.

Chinese director Wang Bing found joy in latest film “Youth (Spring),” focusing on young textile workers. But as he continues to work on his trilogy, things might get a bit darker. “Their age is one of ...

In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

The Chinese docmaker's follow-up to last year's sprawling textile worker study "Youth (Spring)" is even longer at 227 minutes, but more refined. Both films (as well as Wang’s pending third entry, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Check the label on that garment hanging in your closet. If it reads “Made in China,” there’s a chance it was stitched together by ...