《逃出立法院》是一部荒謬絕倫的活屍搞笑片。此片開頭算是很好的，事實上電影一開始就有一個可能是整部片中最好笑且厚臉皮的笑話：「提醒您，觀影中如有一下症狀：眼乾、頭痛、想咬人、懷疑人生、懷疑自己已業障重。如有不適，請閉上眼睛。選錯電影只要忍耐 90 分鐘，不像選錯人您可能要忍四年」。 Read More
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The Story of Southern Islet, the debut of Malaysian director Chong Keat Aun, is a stunning film on every level. It is a film that is not only technically accomplished but which has an intricate and distinctive beauty to it Read More
If you are like me and consider Crazy Rich Asians one of the worst Asian American films ever made, you might very well enjoy Minari Read More
如果有人跟我一樣認定《瘋狂亞洲富豪》是亞裔美國人電影裡的大爛片，那很可能也會和我一樣非常欣賞《夢想之地》這部片。甚至可以說，《夢想之地》在亞美人影壇上是《瘋狂亞洲富豪》的完美鏡像。從主題到對於白人優越性（whiteness）的探討，《夢想之地》和《瘋狂亞洲富豪》是站在完全相反的位置。《瘋狂亞洲富豪》是關於極少數的那 1% 富豪族群，而《夢想之地》則是關於那剩下的 99% 一般人。對《瘋狂亞洲富豪》裡的角色來說，白人優越性可說是目標，但對《夢想之地》的角色來說，只求可以在他們的世界裡面生存、活著。《瘋狂亞洲富豪》把喧鬧與極端視為美德，而《夢想之地》則尋求著平衡。 Read More
In the hands of a lesser director, Wrath of Desire would not be the sum of its parts. In fact, the film would be something of a train wreck. However, in Zero Chou’s capable hands, Wrath of Desire is not only a stylistically distinctive film, but one which is thought-provoking. The film is one of six about LGBTQ-related issues by Chou, which she plans to shoot in East Asian cities. Chou is one of Taiwan’s best-known contemporary queer film directors Read More
Green Grass, Pale Fire follows three Taiwanese runaway miners in 1935 who are on the run from the Japanese army. Stranded in the jungles of Iriomote Island, Okinawa prefecture, after having escaped from the infamous “Green Jail” coal mine, the three hope to find a way home by boat. Given this setting, the short film explores Taiwan’s Japanese colonial period, which lasted from 1895 to 1945 Read More
The short film, Night is Young, directed by Kwok Zune, follows a Hong Kong taxi driver on one night in 2019, sometime during the protests that broke out in reaction to a proposed extradition bill that allowed for the deportation of criminal suspects to China. It was feared that this bill would be deleterious to political freedoms in Hong Kong, with the bill used to deport pro-democracy advocates to China to face charges Read More
Green Jail is a documentary that chronicles the twilight days of Hashima Yoshiko, the last living Taiwanese resident of Iriomote Island, the second-largest island of Okinawa Prefecture Read More
Get the Hell Out is an absurdist zombie comedy that starts out well enough Read More
With its all-woman cast, Taiwanese movie “As We Like It” critiques the exclusion of women in Shakespearean theatre and asks audiences to consider life beyond a gender binary Read More
Pebbles is an understated and modest film, minimalist in plot—and it is a short one, clocking in at one hour and fifteen minutes. But it is a beautifully shot film and, moreover, a highly effective first outing for director PS Vinothraj Read More
A First Farewell is a remarkable film by first-time director Wang Lina. The film is shot in Wang’s hometown of Shaya, Wang being a Han director that grew up in Xinjiang Read More