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

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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”

English Film Interviews

·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》

Chinese Film

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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

English Film

·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

“Didi” is a Gentle and Heartfelt Tribute to Adolescence

English Film

·September 24, 2024·3 min read

Didi, the first feature-length film by a Taiwanese American director, Sean Wang, is a gentle and heartfelt tribute to the growing pains of adolescence Read More