In Lou Yi-an’s bleak drama, even save spamming won’t get you a happy ending.
Category: Taiwan
My Missing Valentine
Time is relative in Chen Yu-hsun’s quirky romantic comedy.
Dear Tenant
A man struggles against an unforgiving system and closed-minded family in Cheng Yu-chieh’s drama.
Secrets in the Hot Spring
Haunted by the past, ghosts, and its own inability to keep a straight face for longer than one minute, Secrets of the Hot Spring is a fun, but messy Taiwanese horror-comedy.
Lust, Caution
In Ang Lee’s sexy spy thriller, alliances and relationships are as fraught with peril as any war.
Detention
In John Hsu’s adaptation of Detention the terror is frighteningly real.
Red Cliff, Part Two
In Part 2, the battle for Red Cliff focuses and offers more drama, combat and plenty of flames.
Red Cliff, Part One
History has never been more grand and more romanticised than in the first part of John Woo's magnificent Three Kingdoms saga.
Heavy Craving
A young woman struggles with society and weight loss in Hsieh Pei-Ju’s comedy-drama.
Nina Wu
An aspiring actress learns that fame has a price in this tense psycho-drama.
Sen Sen
Friendship arises from tragedy in Bon Am’s quaint drama.
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
Stylish direction only does so much to save a convoluted, boring story.
The Asian Cinema Critic 