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Battle Royale (2000)

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Drift (2023)

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Three Colors: White (1994)

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Family Life (1971)

June 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Love Eterne, The (1963)

June 1, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

May 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Joyland (2022)

May 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

May 27, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver, A (2017)

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Afire (2023)

May 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

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Tag / Taiwan

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)

  • Li, Han-Hsiang
  • 1969, Li, Han-Hsiang, Taiwan
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A somewhat convoluted but still intriguing Chinese spy mystery set during WWII as agents and double agents conspire to accelerate or derail Japanese progress in the war.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 12, 2023May 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties (1965)

  • Li, Han-Hsiang
  • 1965, Li, Han-Hsiang, Taiwan
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A sprawling historical epic set during China’s Warring States period as one king oppresses another king and his people—there’s a sense of tragic grandiosity to the overwrought melodrama while this shorter restored version is still too long.  

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Cheerful Wind (1981)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1981, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
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A light-hearted Taiwanese romance starring Feng Fei Fei that sees Hou dabbling in commercial genre cinema early on in his career—there’s little in the way of depth but it is still moderately entertaining.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Pinoy Sunday (2009)

  • Ho, Wi Ding
  • 2009, Ho Wi Ding, Philippines, Taiwan
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Not dull, but also not memorable, Ho’s debut feature sparkles at times but also disappoints.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Terrorizers (2021)

  • Ho, Wi Ding
  • 2021, Ho Wi Ding, Taiwan
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Ho Wi Ding’s new feature, a seemingly complex intersecting lives psychological drama, tackles without moral judgment the desires of young Taiwanese adults who are desperate for intimacy and connection.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Darkness and Light (1999)

  • Chang Tso-chi
  • 1999, Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan
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This is a superb early work from Chang Tso-chi, focusing on a family whose members are mostly visually-impaired, and shot in a poetic, dreamy style that accumulates emotional power by the end.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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September 28, 2020October 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Synapses (2019)

  • Chang Tso-chi
  • 2019, Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan
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There’s something elusively poetic about this dementia drama from Chang Tso-chi that elevates it into rich yet nuanced work about a fractured family’s relational dynamics in flux. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 22, 2020September 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Thanatos, Drunk (2015)

  • Chang Tso-chi
  • 2015, Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan
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A layered, non-linear Taiwanese LGBT drama centering on the outsiders of society—their lives, struggles, and tragedies.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 22, 2020November 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Days (2020)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2020, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
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A docu-fiction that may not be as fully-formed as Tsai’s previous films, but still feels somewhat rewarding if you surrender to its modulated slow cinema style.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 20, 2020June 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Au revoir Taipei (2010)

  • Others
  • 2010, Taiwan
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In this quite assured feature debut, Arvin Chen explores not so much true love at first sight, but rather the site of first true love.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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