‘Queering Voices’ Shorts Highlight Variety in Gender Experience
As Taiwan celebrates same-sex marriage legalization this year, the 2019 Women Make Waves Film Festival continues to voice the LGBT community’s concerns through its ‘Queering Voices’ series.
‘Romantic Comedy’ Makes a Case for Higher Quality Rom-Coms
The 2019 Women Make Waves Film Festival takes place from 10/4 to 10/13 at SPOT Huashan Cinema in Taipei. This review is based on a complimentary media screener.
'Vai' Explores a Pacific Islander Woman’s Life to Yield Multifaceted Rewards
The 2019 Women Make Waves film festival takes place from 10/4 to 10/13 at SPOT Huashan Cinema in Taipei. This review is based on a complimentary media screener.
FILM REVIEW: 'The Blond One' Crafts a Fleshed-Out Romance With Subtle Moments
The 2019 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival runs from 8/15 to 8/25 in Taipei and from 8/28 to 9/8 in Kaohsiung. This film review is based on a complimentary media screening.
FILM REVIEW: 'Postcards From London' Puts a Spin on the Prostitution of Art
The 2019 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival runs from 8/15 to 8/25 in Taipei and from 8/28 to 9/8 in Kaohsiung. This film review is based on a complimentary media screening.
FILM REVIEW: 'Nina Wu' Brings Taiwan into the #MeToo Era
Nina Wu (灼人秘密) is the first Taiwanese film to stir conversations around the #MeToo movement.
FILM REVIEW: 'The Missing Body Episode 1' and the Future of Taiwanese VR Cinema
A review of the VR film The Missing Body Episode 1, featured in the 2019 Taipei Film Festival.
Green Zen on Film at Taipei Fine Arts Museum's 'Post-Nature' Exhibition
'Contact Prints of Baileng Canal,' a Taiwanese documentary screening until Mar. 10, is 80 minutes of quiet meditation.
FILM REVIEW: ‘Penguin Highway’ Is a Psychedelic Sci-fi Bildungsroman
Cute penguins and the scientific method underlie a surprisingly complex story.
REVIEW: 'Looking for Kafka' Marks a Shaky Film Debut for Novelist Jade Y. Chen
The film's confident style is kneecapped by an underdeveloped and unfocused story.
REVIEW: 'Shadow' Presents a Wuxia Tale in Staggeringly Beautiful Monochrome
This ink wash painting come to life carries thematic complexity and a veiled political message.
REVIEW: 'Default' Makes a Very Human Drama Out of a Korean Financial Crisis
This Manichaean Korean melodrama befits its high-stakes real-life story.
REVIEW: 'First Man' Is a Stellar Action Spectacle but Falls Emotionally Flat
Ryan Gosling's star turn as a grief-stricken Neil Armstrong leaves little room for emotional nuance.
REVIEW: Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Laughter; One Cut of the Dead
The Japanese arthouse zombie movie is a masterclass in comedy timing.