NOW speaks with TIFF Bell Lightbox artistic director Noah Cowan about A Century Of Chinese Cinema, TIFF Cinematheque’s expansive 80-film retrospective. With so many films, so much history, five sub-programs (The Golden Age, A New China, The Evolution Of Genre Cinema, New Waves and New Directions) and a mess of other events (including appearances by filmmakers Chen Kaige, Johnnie To and, yes, Jackie Chan), Cowan offers some tips for sampling the expansive, and intimidating, retro.
