Movies

A romance about a girl who falls in love and marries a music teacher. The couple struggle through life as the man does not want to accept money from...

A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema. Saw Tiong Guan clearly established a...

One of the best-known Chinese figurative painters, Liu Xiaodong goes back to his hometown of Jincheng, in the province of Liaoning (North-East...

A loose youth passes the time freely until he comes across a young, female broadcaster who works at a radio station.

Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful...

Chao Ta-jung and Yuan-yuan met at the seashore by chance. Ta-jung was impressed with Yuan-yuan's compassion towards those who were less unfortunate...

A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

A couple is torn by conflicting emotions. Jing and Mi are two women living in Taiwan who have been lovers for some time; Jin is a singer in a rock...

Longing. A taiwanese film directed by Kun-Hou Chen and written by Hsiao-Hsien Hou.

Kenny Bee plays a saxophonist who works in a night club. Fang Hui-jang is the oldest sister in a four-child family whose father is working abroad....

French-made documentary, "Métro Lumière", which actually does help provide some of the context for Hsiao-hsien's approach to the film....

In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief...

Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply...

THE REVENGE OF THE TWO EXORCISTS (1975) is another rarity; this one from Lai Sheng Ying, a cinematographer turned director. Based on a Chinese folk...

The essence of progress in civilization has always been handiwork. In traditional Chinese civilization, the emperor was supreme. Vested with the...

Chu Tien-Wen, frequent screenwriter for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, makes her directorial debut with this entry in The Inspired Island documentary series. With...

Taiwanese comedy film.

“I Remember” tells the story of sister writers Chu Tien-wen and Chu Tien-xin, from co-founding the San-san magazine to their respective...