Touching a number of genres – crime, sci-fi, murder mystery, romance – and by turns sad, sexy, funny and dark, Cities of Last Things is ultimately a modern fable of pessimism, of being the victim of circumstance, of illusory happiness achievable now only in drug-enhanced artifice.
Small Talk
This brave piece of filmmaking explores the director’s own troubled relationship with her mother and the family secrets that lie behind it.
Gezaixi & Cinema
A brief introduction to gezaixi (Taiwanese opera) and its role in the early cinema of Taiwan.
Cities of Last Things
Touching a number of genres – crime, sci-fi, murder mystery, romance – and by turns sad, sexy, funny and dark, Cities of Last Things is ultimately a modern fable of pessimism, of being the victim of circumstance, of illusory happiness achievable now only in drug-enhanced artifice.
Pushing Hands
Pushing Hands is a well-paced and sensitively-handled exploration of conflict. What initially appears to be a clash of East-and-West is quickly overshadowed by universal questions of generation gaps, family obligations, identity and ageing.
Back to Anping Harbour
While the mood might be cloying and the story far-fetched, the theatrical Back to Anping Harbour makes for an interesting look at some preoccupations of the time.