No Man Is An Island

Searching for the Bird of Myth: A Review of Enigma: The Chinese Crested Tern (尋找神話之鳥)

·October 21, 2022·3 min read

Enigma: The Chinese Crested Tern, directed by Taiwanese environmentalist filmmaker Liang Chieh-Te, is a masterful depiction of the eponymous endangered species. The film goes a long way in showing not only the beauty of the creature and providing many revealing looks into its life, but also the Herculean efforts of an international team of conservationists and researchers to protect a species that may have less than one hundred remaining individuals Read More

看電影關心籠鍊犬—枷/家影評

Chinese Film

·October 19, 2022·1 min read

《枷/家》是導演與動物平權促進會聯合製作的短紀錄片，是部為了告知公眾籠鍊犬議題、為具體的提倡目的而製的影片。籠鍊犬是長期被鍊養的狗，他們很少有每日走動的機會，或是得到最低標準的適當對待。本片不會在平常的電影院、電視節目，或是網路平台播放，而是在動平會舉辦在部落和學校的活動中播出。 Read More

Calling Attention to the Plight of Chained Dogs: A Review of Jia (枷/家)

English Film

·October 14, 2022·4 min read

Jia, a short documentary film produced in association with the Taiwan Animal Equality Association, is an advocacy film made to inform the public about chained dogs. Chained dogs are dogs who are kept chained all year round, rarely with daily walks or the usual treatments that reach the minimum threshold of appropriate care Read More

Taiwan’s Founding Mothers?: Untold Herstory

English Film

·October 11, 2022·5 min read

Give us art forms that tell an honest history not a whitewashed one of so-called founding fathers. If America, for example, needs more 1619 stories than it does 1776 ones, then Taiwan needs more stories about 228 and the White Terror Read More

The Cross-Straits Politics of Global Panda Health

English Life

·October 7, 2022·3 min read

Tuan Tuan, one of four giant pandas displayed in the Taipei Zoo, has become ill with brain lesions. MRI imagery from late September shows that Tuan Tuan has local large-scale necrosis and edema on the left-side of his brain. There is local small-scale edema on the right side of his brain. Read More

Fake It Real Examines the Relation Between Truth and Fiction in the Age of Disinformation

English Events

·October 5, 2022·2 min read

Fake It Real (真相碎片) is an intriguing exhibition at the Taipei Digital Art Center, which runs until October 10th. The majority of the exhibition, however, is not located at the Digital Art Center itself, but at the National Science Education Center. The exhibition concerns itself with the spread of fake news and disinformation globally, featuring works reflecting both Taiwanese and international artists Read More

Impressions of the Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival (TAxT)

Art English

·October 1, 2022·5 min read

The month-long extravaganza of the Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival is being held until October 9th at the Taoyuan Arts Center in northern Taiwan Read More

電影評論：舞徑

Chinese Film

·September 28, 2022·1 min read

紀錄片《舞徑》由導演楊偉新以九年時間拍攝與剪接而成，也自掏腰包花了兩百萬製片，並且以民眾小額捐款的方式籌得五十萬元以在院線上映。此片雖為導演的第一部電影，但對議題的表現方式非常成熟，毫無新手上路的感覺。《舞徑》是一部剪接精湛，情境與題材接近《籃球夢》的紀錄片。（註：需要英文字幕的觀眾不用擔心，此片同時有中英字幕) Read More

A Look at Ballet in the Taiwanese Context: A Review of Ballet in Tandem (舞徑)

English Film

·September 23, 2022·4 min read

Over the span of nine years, documentary filmmaker, Wei Hsing Yang shot and edited Ballet in Tandem. The film is a true labor of love, with Mr. Yang spending two million NT of his own money, and fifty thousand NT from crowdfunding to receive a theatrical release. This debut film is a triumph and hardly feels like a young filmmaker’s work, as it is a film that handles the subject matter with great maturity. Read More

Jiufen Old Street: A 2022 Pandemic Profile from a Taiwanese American Tourist

English Life

·September 21, 2022·8 min read

If you've heard of Jiufen, you might know it is the site of filming for many Taiwanese movies, most notably City of Sadness. You might have heard it has wonderful teahouses, and maybe from a friend you heard to try the taro balls there. But you probably first and foremost know it as where Hayao Miyazaki allegedly drew inspiration from in Spirited Away, the hit animated movie about a girl who loses her parents in the spirit world Read More

“No New Wave” Brilliantly Captures The Lives of Chinese Filmmakers in New York City

English Film

·September 16, 2022·3 min read

The debut feature of director Yao Ziwei, “No New Wave” deploys French New Wave aesthetics in tracing the existences of three young Chinese filmmakers in New York Read More

“The Funeral” Tries Mixing Family With Thrills and Horror

English Film

·September 14, 2022·3 min read

Taiwanese horror-thriller film “The Funeral'' is more fittingly enjoyed as a family drama with scary elements Read More