This event is in the past.It took place on May 31, 2026 at Metrograph.










Jia Zhangke's 1997 debut follows Xiao Wu, a small-time pickpocket drifting through a transforming China while everyone around him chases the new economy. A quietly devastating portrait of isolation in the face of progress.
Chinese New Wave
indie cinema
character study
economic displacement
Tips
🎟️membership saves $6 per ticket
🍿great snacks at the commissary
🪑seats are wooden, graded for sightlines
Xiao Wu film screening
Lower East Side










Jia Zhangke's 1997 debut follows Xiao Wu, a small-time pickpocket drifting through a transforming China while everyone around him chases the new economy. A quietly devastating portrait of isolation in the face of progress.
Chinese New Wave
indie cinema
character study
economic displacement
Tips
🎟️membership saves $6 per ticket
🍿great snacks at the commissary
🪑seats are wooden, graded for sightlines
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