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Review: Green Party Taiwan: The First Thirty Years

·September 7, 2026·2 min read

Green Party Taiwan: The First Thirty Years, co-authored by Dafydd Fell, Peng Yen-wen, and Wang Yan-han, is an insightful look at the history of one of Taiwan’s most influential third parties. The book combines analysis, history, and inside perspectives on the development of the party, while drawing from and building on the research in Fell’s previous English-language monograph, Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan Read More

“Seat at the Table” Examines South Asians’ Rise in Contemporary US Politics

English Film

·September 6, 2026·2 min read

Documentary “Seat at the Table” celebrates South Asians’ increasing prominence in American politics, but eschews thorny questions around party affiliations Read More

“Yu & Me” Explores the Labor of Love for a Manhattan Chinatown Bookstore

English Film

·September 5, 2026·2 min read

Named after a renowned eponymous Asian American bookstore in Manhattan’s Chinatown, “Yu & Me” leaves viewers wanting for more—in a good way Read More

What Taiwan’s Ghosts Tell Us: Horror Cinema in the Twenty-First Century

English Film

·September 3, 2026·8 min read

There is a moment in Dead Talents Society when its young ghost protagonist, desperate to establish herself in the afterlife, finally discovers how to frighten an audience. She throws herself from a haunted hotel, crashes spectacularly into a neon sign, and produces an explosion of sparks, blood and screaming Read More

“Double Happiness” Pits Adult Children Against Their Emotionally Immature Taiwanese Parents

English Film

·August 15, 2026·4 min read

Taiwan’s top-grossing domestic drama of 2026 steers a collision course of filial appeasement, wounded child-self, and Chiang Kai-Shek’s secret slide. Read More

Variety Night

English Life

·August 9, 2026·14 min read

Shortly afterward time by the bakery clock down the road showed half-eleven. Certainly rather late for a gathering such as that, you would have thought. The group of six men had chosen the corner of Lorong 26 & Guillemard, where a large, grassy square awaited some opportune time for development. Beside the deep, partly covered channel they had formed a loose circle, sitting on the grass like schoolboys, with their packs behind. Read More

“Akashi” Documents a Japanese Canadian Artist’s Re-Exploration of Family, Relationships, and Homeland

English Film

·August 8, 2026·1 min read

With echoes of "Past Lives", Mayumi Yoshida’s "Akashi" offers a disjointed chronicling of a Japanese-Canadian artist’s return to Tokyo after a decade of absence Read More

“Afterword” Bridges Taipei and New York in a Metatextual Examination of Fiction

English Film

·August 5, 2026·2 min read

Taiwanese director Lin Yi-chiang’s feature debut “Afterword” proves a strong entrant among Sinophone depictions of immigration to New York City. Read More

Liberation Dies in Conformity: “The Dull-Ice Flower” in Context of Taiwan Today

English Film

·July 18, 2026·6 min read

One of Taiwan’s most memorable films finds renewed meaning in an age of wealth inequality, lingering colonial legacies, and societal struggles Read More

Macau-Set “I Blew Out The Candles Before Making A Wish” Serves Cinematic Splendor and Character Charm, But No Social Critiques

English Film

·July 12, 2026·2 min read

Starring Kai Ko, "I Blew Out The Candles Before Making A Wish" follows a young Macanese girl and a Taiwanese debt collector as they navigate debts and family woes. Read More