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“A Chip Odyssey” Provides a Look at the Rise of the Semiconductor Industry in Taiwan

EnglishFilm
·June 15, 2025·2 min read
A Chip Odyssey is an effective, if somewhat unoriginal look at the foundations of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan Read More

“A Journey in Spring” is a Moving, Understated Story of Loss

EnglishFilm
·June 8, 2025·2 min read
A Journey in Spring is a moving, understated film about an elderly Taiwanese couple, Khim-Hok and Siu-Tuan. Its focus on love, mortality, and aging proves reminiscent of Michael Haneke’s Amour—but as though it details what happens after the end of the film Read More

Despite Its Promising Premise, “Tales of Taipei” Proves Uneven

EnglishFilm
·June 7, 2025·2 min read
Despite its promising premise, in depicting various contemporary vignettes of Taipei, Tales of Taipei is a letdown. This is all the more of a shame, considering the significant star power that the anthology film marshals—featuring no less than 9m88, Wu Bai, and other iconic musical talents as actors Read More

“Yen and Ai-Lee” Proves a Vivid Depiction of the Scars of Patriarchy

EnglishFilm
·June 3, 2025·2 min read
Yen and Ai-Lee is a masterful film, in its depiction of patriarchy and its mother-daughter family drama Read More

“Escape” Imagines the Isolation of a Famed Japanese Terrorist

EnglishFilm
·June 1, 2025·2 min read
“Escape” dramatizes the life of one of Japan’s most famous fugitives, the left-wing bomber Satoshi Kirishima Read More

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cloud” is a Gripping, Offbeat Thriller

EnglishFilm
·June 1, 2025·2 min read
Reminiscent of “Nightcrawler”, Japanese movie “Cloud” depicts an online reseller’s descent into moral ambiguity and surreality Read More

“Light of the Setting Sun” is an Elegiac Diasporic Reflection

EnglishFilm
·April 24, 2025·2 min read
Light of the Setting Sun is a capable, elegiac work examining filmmaker Vicky Du’s family. Du focuses on the history of silences in the family, silences she ultimately traces back to the trauma of displacement after the Chinese Civil War Read More

Interview: Vicky Du on “Light of the Setting Sun”

EnglishFilmInterviews
·April 21, 2025·6 min read
New Bloom's Brian Hioe spoke to Vicky Du, director of the new documentary, Light of the Setting Sun. Light of the Setting Sun follows Du's questioning of the political silence in her family in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War Read More

影評:《弟弟》

ChineseFilm
·April 15, 2025·1 min read
國家電影及視聽文化中心將在 4/20 和 4/26 上映台裔美籍導演王湘聖的作品《弟弟》,這是王湘聖的首部長篇電影,溫柔而真誠地致敬了青春成長的煩惱。 Read More

Lou Ye’s “An Unfinished Film” Is a Heartfelt Farewell to Sixth-Generation Cinema, The Hopes of an Era

EnglishFilm
·February 15, 2025·2 min read
Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film is a gripping look at the lockdown in Wuhan, China, focusing on the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the movie is more than that. Rather, the film proves something of a farewell to sixth-generation Chinese cinema and the era of optimism that, in many ways, sixth-generation Chinese cinema reflected Read More

The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2024

EnglishFilm
·December 31, 2024·10 min read
Discover the top Taiwanese movies of 2024 across genres like horror, heist, comedy, romance, and more—streaming links included when available. Read More

“The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon” Proves an Uneven if Well-Executed Work

EnglishFilm
·November 30, 2024·2 min read
Despite garnering a number of awards and otherwise being a capably executed film, The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon ultimately proves an uneven work. This is primarily because of the movie’s failure to develop compelling characters or a cohesive narrative. Read More
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