Shortly afterward time by the bakery clock down the road showed half-eleven. Certainly rather late for a gathering such as that, you would have thought. The group of six men had chosen the corner of Lorong 26 & Guillemard, where a large, grassy square awaited some opportune time for development. Beside the deep, partly covered channel they had formed a loose circle, sitting on the grass like schoolboys, with their packs behind. Read More
With echoes of "Past Lives", Mayumi Yoshida’s "Akashi" offers a disjointed chronicling of a Japanese-Canadian artist’s return to Tokyo after a decade of absence Read More
Taiwanese director Lin Yi-chiang’s feature debut “Afterword” proves a strong entrant among Sinophone depictions of immigration to New York City. Read More
One of Taiwan’s most memorable films finds renewed meaning in an age of wealth inequality, lingering colonial legacies, and societal struggles Read More
Starring Kai Ko, "I Blew Out The Candles Before Making A Wish" follows a young Macanese girl and a Taiwanese debt collector as they navigate debts and family woes.
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A three-act movie about the stages of its eponymous dog’s life, "Gohan" is 2026's latest production from hit Thai production house GDH559. Read More
Centering on a chance encounter of friends, “Last Night in Taipei” has few redeeming qualities besides its electronic music soundtrack Read More
While well-animated, Hong Kong animated film Another World ultimately stumbles due to its hackneyed plot and setting. Another World follows Gudo, a childlike spiritual guide who guides deceased human souls to reincarnation. Human souls, if they become corrupted by hate and anger, may instead turn into wraiths–demonic monstrosities that are unable to reincarnate Read More
Julia Kwan’s 2005 feature, Eve and the Fire Horse, stands the test of time. Even today, more than two decades after its premiere, the film resonates with the contemporary Asian diasporic experience. Read More
高菊花(Paicu Yata'uyungana),作家兼音樂家高一生(Uongʉ'e Yata'uyungana)之女,是戰後台灣的音樂明星。她也是一位才華洋溢的學者,曾獲得獎學金進入哥倫比亞大學深造。 1952年,她的父親因政治活動被捕,1953年被處死。自此,高菊花背負著沉重的政治烙印,一直被懷疑從事顛覆性政治活動,並被調查。她也承擔起照顧弟妹的重任,只好放棄獎學金。出於對自身生命和政治後果的擔憂,高菊花從未錄製過任何音樂作品,她昔日的明星記錄也僅限於照片和報紙報導。 Read More
Online Chinese nationalists, a number of whom see themselves as on the left, are having a moment about Taiwan Travelogue. Taiwan Travelogue recently made history as the first Mandarin language novel, as well as the first Taiwanese novel, to win the International Booker Prize Read More
Documentary “About Face: Disrupting Ballet” chronicles a pair of ballet professionals and their journey to adapt their performance art to modern sensibilities. Read More













