Yung Chang Archives

“I Was Fascinated By the Way Film Could Represent Reality”: Yung Chang in Conversation with Robert Fisk

By Yung Chang | October 16, 2020

The director of This is Not a Movie interviews his subject, Middle East correspondent Fisk, about his abiding love of cinema.

By Yung Chang | August 27, 2015

This '80s retro teen flick by the so-called Roadkill Superstars collective prompts major flashbacks for a filmmaker raised on a diet of VHS.

By Yung Chang | April 3, 2015

A Spike Lee protégé makes an impression with his debut feature, an intense moral thriller that puts a human face on South American drug trafficking.

By Yung Chang | March 7, 2015

The Final Oscar Word from Mamarazza Chang or (An Academy Member’s Mother’s Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).

By Yung Chang | November 17, 2014

The documentary filmmaker is greatly impressed by this intimate, simply told drama, and particularly by one movingly authentic opening scene.

By Yung Chang | May 27, 2014

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to make a film following the opium trade from seed to drug addict.

By Yung Chang | May 15, 2014

I’d love to be able to make a film like Andreas Johnsen has done with his latest documentary, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case.