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“About Face: Disrupting Ballet” Examines Problematic Non-Western Representations in Ballet

EnglishFilm
·June 7, 2026·2 min read
Documentary “About Face: Disrupting Ballet” chronicles a pair of ballet professionals and their journey to adapt their performance art to modern sensibilities. Read More

Review: La Paloma

EnglishFilm
·June 3, 2026·3 min read
Gao Juhua (高菊花, Paicu Yata'uyungana), the daughter of the writer and musician Gao Yisheng (高一生Uongʉ'e Yata'uyungana), was a musical star in Taiwan in the postwar period. She was also an accomplished scholar who received a scholarship to attend Columbia University. Her father was arrested in 1952 for his political activism and executed in 1953. Since then, Gao had a mark on her back, always being suspected and under investigation for subversive political activities. Gao also took on the responsibility of taking care of her siblings and had to give up the scholarship. Fearing for her life and political repercussions, Gao never recorded music, and the only records of her being a star at the time were photographs and newspaper articles Read More

Taiwan’s “Blind Love” Paints Atmospheric Picture of a Queer Love Triangle

EnglishFilm
·May 15, 2026·2 min read
The latest Taiwanese movie to explore queer desire among parents, "Blind Love" overcomes an uneven narrative with strong acting and character dynamics Read More

“A Foggy Tale” Reminds That The White Terror Past Is Taiwan’s Present

EnglishFilm
·March 30, 2026·5 min read
The 2025 drama implants today’s Taiwanese with the emotional memory of a silenced generation, as younger progressives seek out “make-up classes” to learn lost history. Read More

“Zero Day Attack” is in Final Evaluation a Mixed Bag

EnglishFilm
·March 8, 2026·2 min read
Zero Day Attack ultimately proves more along the lines of speculative fiction, rather than a prescient vision of what an invasion scenario for Taiwan might look like. If the series has some insightful, even moving episodes, others are far less successful. In this sense, the series is, in final evaluation, something of a mixed bag Read More

“HERO! HITO!” Recaps Taiwan’s 2024 Baseball Fervor, Indigenous Players’ Journeys

EnglishFilm
·February 6, 2026·3 min read
Lungnan Isak Fangas’ documentary rewinds Taiwan’s rare athletic win on the international stage, though merely whispers the Indigenous heritage of championship athletes. Read More

Bi Gan’s “Resurrection” is Cryptic and Beautiful

EnglishFilm
·January 31, 2026·2 min read
Cryptic and beautiful, Bi Gan’s Resurrection is a feast for the senses. If the plot of the movie is not as tightly compact as Bi’s previous efforts, there is more than enough to take in from Resurrection Read More

The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2025

EnglishFilm
·December 31, 2025·10 min read
Discover the top Taiwanese movies from 2025 across genres like action, historical, family drama, romance, and more—streaming links included when available. Read More

“Karst” Offers Sophisticated Character Study of Rural Life in China

EnglishFilm
·November 22, 2025·2 min read
Set amidst the plateaus of Guizhou, "Karst" presents the complex inner lives of farmers in Southwestern China Read More

“Girl” and “Left-handed Girl”: Two Tales of Mothers, Daughters, and Trauma

EnglishFilm
·November 16, 2025·5 min read
First, there was “American Girl” in 2021. Now we have “Left-handed Girl”, and, naturally, the succinctly titled “Girl”—two more coming-of-age dramas centred around young women (and the mothers who raise them). But where the former film is about a Taiwanese diasporic family returning from the US, these two new films are purely grounded in Taipei Read More

“The Homeless” Offers Well-Intentioned But Meandering Look At China’s Unhoused

EnglishFilm
·November 9, 2025·2 min read
Documentary "The Homeless" offers a valuable look at the lives of unhoused individuals in China, but with deficiencies in storytelling Read More

“As the Water Flows” Is a Warm Family Drama With Whiffs of “Eat Drink Man Woman”

EnglishFilm
·November 8, 2025·2 min read
Set in Yunnan, "As the Water Flows" offers a view across three generations of a family with humanistic warmth and strong character acting Read More
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