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August 32nd on Earth (1998)

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Genus Pan (2020)

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My Sister’s Good Fortune (1995)

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Small Town, The (1997)

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Ebola Syndrome (1996)

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Basilisks, The (1963)

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Seventh Horse of the Sun, The (1992)

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Chess Game of the Wind, The (1976)

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Tag / Tsai, Ming-liang

April 22, 2020November 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Days (2020)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2020, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2 Comments

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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February 12, 2020March 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2006, Malaysia, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1 Comment

Shot in Kuala Lumpur, Tsai’s elliptical style captures the odd beauty of old places that seem devoid of warmth as his array of listless characters try to seek for that elusive intimacy and connection with another human being. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Stray Dogs (2013)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2013, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1 Comment

Frustratingly deliberate in its pacing, yet one draws contemplation from the film’s unique stillness, all from one of the most formidable artists of ‘slow cinema’ of our time.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2003, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1 Comment

An elegy to the demise of the ‘cinema’—both films and spaces—of the 20th century as we had experienced it, all to the pedestrian if oddly haunting pacing of Tsai’s delicate craft.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 26, 2020 by Eternality Tan

River, The (1997)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1997, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
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Tsai solidifies his oblique, slow-paced style with this odd, and at times, shocking meditation on the incommunicability of humans through a family of loners.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 26, 2020March 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Vive L’Amour (1994)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1994, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1 Comment

Tsai’s Venice Golden Lion-winning second feature may be sparse and silent, but it remains to be one of the deepest portrayals of existential loneliness in the director’s singular filmography.  

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 26, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1992, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 2 Comments

Still one of Tsai’s very best, this is a solid feature debut that grapples with the ennui of ‘90s youth listlessness with stylistic aplomb.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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