The first hint that something big would be taking place in Bangka over the weekend was when a large stage was set up on the street of my apartment building and started blaring loud electronic music every day at 11 AM Read More
Twelve Nights, a 2013 documentary film about animal shelters, is probably one of the most influential Taiwanese advocacy films you have not heard about Read More
2013 年出品的紀錄片《十二夜》是一部探討動物收容所的紀錄片,影片中有許多收容所過去發生的悲慘景象,可能是很多人從未聽說過但最具影響力的台灣倡議紀錄片之一。 Read More
The LAB KILL LAB project concept aims to “permit a well-defined working lab the possibility to be renewed, substituted, replaced, regenerated and retired as time progresses”. The concept is exemplified and laid out as five “work stations” at C-LAB in Taipei from the week of December 14 to December 20, 2020 Read More
在尼科洛·馬基雅維里的《君主論》(Niccolo Machiavelli‘s The Prince)中,他用一個比喻來形容君主應該如何看待政治局勢:「正如那些繪風景畫的人們,為了考察山巒和高地的性質便側身於平原,而為了考察平原便高踞山頂一樣……」像馬基雅維里描述中理想的畫家一樣,克里斯托弗·諾蘭(Christopher Nolan),在《黑暗騎士》中徹底研究了他的題材,並意味這主軸在《天能》延續。在這裡,我想說這兩部電影精神是西方政治哲學動態為基礎。如果仔細閱讀,這兩部電影將其政治背景聯繫起來,可以說《天能》是《黑暗騎士》的「政治續集」。 Read More
Despite its release last year to much domestic acclaim, winning best film in 2019’s Golden Horse Awards, A Sun has received a new wave of critical attention internationally after making Variety’s list of best films of the year last month Read More
Tiong Bahru Social Club, Tan Bee Thiam’s solo directorial debut, is a satirical comedy that follows a man who leaves his humdrum routine office job to become an “Agent” for a data-driven project aimed at creating the “happiest neighborhood in the world” Read More
Part one of a two-part conversation on the critical success of Your Name Engraved Herein Read More
The thing about living in a city I really love is how many interesting characters there are. And you'll never know them all, no matter how hard you try. Where I live in Taipei—Bangka, the oldest and historically poorest district—has proven especially full of unique characters. All of these people have stories, but I'll never know them all Read More
有時,我會隨意查看電影時刻表,好知道有哪些電影可觀賞。令我驚訝的是,一部美國邪典電影進入了台灣的電影院。《阿比阿弟尋歌大冒險》是《阿比阿弟大冒險》系列的第三部,其中第一部於 1989 年製作,第二部電影是 1991 年。電影製片人過了將近 30 年的時間製作了第三部電影《阿比阿弟尋歌大冒險》。《阿比阿弟》絕對不是什麼嚴肅電影,但在文化上還算是有其重要性的,美國偉大的導演之一亞歷山大·潘恩也可算是這部電影的影迷,因為在佩恩的電影《選舉》(Election) 中,也能找到非常類似基努·李維(阿弟)的角色。原版的《阿比阿弟》電影也被滾石(Rolling Stone)和爛番茄(Rotten Tomatoes)列為史上前十大經典「ㄍㄧㄤ片」(Stoner Film 譯注:此種片意指適合抽大麻之後看的電影)之一。有趣的是,就一部經典的ㄍㄧㄤ片電影系列來說,因為阿比阿弟角色本身並沒有抽大麻,電影也沒有顯示出任何毒品使用。但是,阿比和阿弟的角色卻是基於抽過大麻後的設定。在前兩部電影中,傻笨但善良的二人穿越時空拯救世界。而時間指導人魯弗斯(Rufus),則是最出色但已逝的美國喜劇演員喬治·卡林(George Carlin)。 Read More
The struggle against the Tainan Railway Eastern Expansion has been ongoing for twenty-five years, and Huang Chun-Cian’s house is the very last holdout against eviction to expand the railway. This exhibition takes place at the very site of struggle and will continue until the house is torn down Read More
裂縫.微光——勢必與屋共亡的攝影展,對攝影、社會運動、貴族化問題,以及共同為社會更平等而奮鬥的人來說,是個難得的機會。台南的鐵路東移案件已經進行了 25 年,而黃春香的房子是最後的保留地。這次展覽在鬥爭現場舉行,並將一直持續到房屋被拆除為止。 Read More