City of Lost Things (Taiwan, 2020) [NYAFF 2021]
Six years after his politically subversive Salute! Sun Yat-Sen (2014), acclaimed Taiwanese writer-director Yee Chih-yen returns to feature filmmaking with City of Lost Things. Surprisingly,...
Love Contractually (China, 2017): Average is Useful
We ask a lot of questions when watching movies. Some can help us understand characters’ motivations, different ones could question where the story is going...
The Laundryman (Taiwan, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Two professions that have been mined by genre cinema to the point of near-redundancy – the assassin and the medium – get a welcome creative...
Salute! Sun Yat-Sen (Taiwan, 2014)
A high school heist comedy with a sly political undercurrent, Salute! Sun Yet-Sen is a playful piece of entertainment from writer-director Yee Chih-yen, who made an...
Soul (Taiwan, 2013) [NYAFF 2014]
Written and directed by Chung Mong-hong, Soul is a film which, at its core, is about family bonds cloaked in a psychological thriller/horror movie. The...