A stylistic departure from his rural ‘border dramas’, Midi Z’s disconcerting meta-filmic response to the #MeToo movement features a stunning performance by co-writer Wu Ke-Xi.
Tag / Taiwan
Road to Mandalay, The (2016)
An excellent low-key drama about the perils of working in a foreign country as an illegal immigrant, directed with assurance and confident pacing by rising filmmaker Midi Z.
This Love of Mine (1986)
Continue reading →An utterly miserable work about a woman coming to terms with her cheating husband that is torturous to sit through.
Kuei Mei, a Woman (1985)
A solidly-acted story of one woman trying to raise her family despite all odds, in what could be Taiwan New Cinema director Chang Yi’s finest work.
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
Continue reading →Used to be one of Hou’s rarest films, but while it suggests a weaker grasp of his material, it is still worth a shot.
Boys from Fengkuei, The (1983)
Continue reading →Hou Hsao-Hsien’s coming-of-age drama shows the hard-hitting reality of surviving in 1980s Taiwan, yet resonates as an evocation of a time passed.
Summer at Grandpa’s, A (1984)
Continue reading →The first of Hou’s ‘coming-of-age’ trilogy is a delightful capture of the nostalgic days of childhood.
Dust in the Wind (1986)
Continue reading →The third film in Hou’s ‘coming-of-age trilogy’ eschews sentiment for a bleak if poetic visual meditation on fate, space and time.
City of Sadness, A (1989)
Continue reading →This historical epic about post-WWII Taiwan is one of Hou’s most ambitious and encompassing works, and also his first true masterpiece.
Puppetmaster, The (1993)
Continue reading →This is Hou’s masterpiece – a mammoth work about tradition and family, astonishingly crafted, and wrapped in the kind of historical fervour that gives it its power.
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