Family can be both a blessing and a curse in Jen Wan’s classic drama.
Category: Taiwan
Day Off
An ageing hairdresser finds solace in the little details, in Fu Tien-yu sweet, wistful drama.
Classmates Minus
For four friends, age doesn’t necessarily equate wisdom
Incantation
A young mother fights to save her child from a blasphemous curse in Kevin Ko’s found footage horror.
Goddamned Asura
In Lou Yi-an’s bleak drama, even save spamming won’t get you a happy ending.
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.
The Asian Cinema Critic 