2022/03/29 |
What’s in a Slap?
Smith was wrong to slap Rock, in public or in private. And Rock and ABC were wrong for approving the joke. But commentators are also wrong for treating this incident the same as they would had all three people involved been White.
2022/03/21 |
‘The Dawn of Everything’ Is a (Qualified) Masterpiece
‘The Dawn of Everything’ not only shows that there are alternatives to neoliberal patriarchal settler capitalism. It tells a compelling story of how we “got stuck” where we are now.
2022/04/23 |
Zhang Yimou Crafts an Unusual Propaganda Film with ‘Snipers’
‘Snipers’ is an unapologetic Chinese patriotic melodrama. It’s not for everyone, but there were times that it was able to hint at a more multifaceted story.
2022/04/27 |
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Is the Only Valid Title for This Galaxy-Brained Film
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ fully lives up to its title.
2022/01/24 |
The Relationships in ‘Heart’ Are Authentically Messy
‘Heart’ is an enthralling exploration of filmmaker intimacy, desire, and ethics.
2022/01/04 |
‘Being the Ricardos’ Turns ‘I Love Lucy’ into the Nicole Kidman Show
‘Being the Ricardos’ has divided critics on everything but one point: Nicole Kidman is a revelation.
2022/02/19 |
Boredom Gives Rise to Experimentation in ‘The Cloud in Her Room’
Films in the quarter-life crisis genre often treat the drifting ennui of young adulthood as an aberration, or at most a regrettable rite of passage. But what if the ennui itself is what gets you through?
2022/03/28 |
‘Microhabitat’ Is an Ozu Adaptation in Both Story and Heart
No matter how desperate Mi-so’s situation is, she’s always more concerned for those around her. Our view of her suggests that the critique is not just of modernity, but of contemporary capitalism.
2022/05/26 |
‘Ink & Linda’ Celebrates Artistic Kismet
Two completely dissimilar people bond over a common project. The result is a radical story of artistic creation.
2022/06/22 |
From Folk Hero to Video Game Character: ‘The Legend of Tianding’
Based on a Taiwanese folk hero, ‘The Legend of Tianding’ is a game with stunning period aesthetics, engrossing action, and political relevance.
2022/01/31 |
With Each Ending, a Beginning: Hellos and Goodbyes in a Taipei Winter
As winter plays host to an arriving spring, what are the seasonal experiences Taipei residents enjoy?
2022/01/31 |
‘Moonlight Shadow’ Is the Film Edmund Yeo Was Born To Make
Edmund Yeo’s Japanese-language debut ‘Moonlight Shadow’ is a life-affirming fantasy.
2022/06/22 |
‘After Yang’ Is Infused With Asian Americanness
‘After Yang’ is a sci-fi grounded in a plausible future history, conveying an uncanny sense of frisson familiar to Asian Americans, American Asians, or indeed anyone caught between two cultures in hard-to-delineate ways. The film is part of the 2022 Taipei Film Festival.