A Taiwanese chicken farmer's online fling spirals into a tale of delusion and self-discovery. Esther Liu stuns in this bittersweet tale of fantasy, isolation, and the price of wanting to be seen.
It takes four players to play mahjong, but it turns out our two film reviews here are enough to deliver double the insight – and pulp delight. Enjoy!
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s time capsule of early-aughts Taipei is 22, and it holds up for a new generation of viewers.
Equal parts mystery and melodrama, "The Abandoned" contrasts its grisly details with detective Wu Jie’s reawakening, using its riddle as a device of rebirth amidst personal tragedy.
Written by: Alexandra Bentzien What draws audiences to Tom Teng’s second feature film is the same curiosity which drew the director to Yukio Mishima’s Life for Sale. Teng first discovered the 1968 Japanese classic after its intriguing title caught his eye in a bookstore. He immediately began turning
