Preview – Reality in Long Shots: A Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective, September 8-29
The Austin Asian American Film Festival and Austin Film Society will present “Reality in Long Shots,” a retrospective of pioneering Taiwanese New Wave director Hou...
Missing Johnny (Taiwan, 2017) [NYAFF 2018]
A cardinal rule in contemporary Taiwan cinema is that Hou Hsiao-hsien can simply do no wrong. Seeing his name grace a film’s opening credits is...
Call for Guest Bloggers – Chinese Cinema of the 1980s & 1990s
In collaboration with the DC Chinese Film Festival, VCinema is seeking guest bloggers for a series of posts on the theme of Chinese Cinema of...
Like a Moth to a Flame: A Profile on Cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing
This piece is also a preview of the upcoming, first North American retrospective of Lee-lensed films at the Museum of Modern Art, ‘Luminosity: The Art...
The Assassin (Taiwan, 2015)
The Assassin has been a long time coming. It was in gestation for 25 years, and in various stages of production for a further five,...
Three Times (Taiwan, 2005)
The films of the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien have dealt alternately with the tumultuous periods of Taiwan’s past and the pressing problems of its present,...