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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Synapses

    Melancholy Taiwanese family drama about the meaning and function of memories and the indestructibility of family ties.
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  • Detention

    China’s occupation of Taiwan takes on nightmarish logic in this psychological horror film.
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  • Dongdong de jiaqi

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  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn

    Ghosts from a long-gone film era and the last day of a cinema, where King Hu’s Dragon Gate Inn can be seen once more.
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  • Drifters

    A loafer returns to his Chinese birthplace after being thrown out of the USA. That gives him some status, but doesn’t help dispel the disillusionment.
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  • Dragon Gate Inn

    The epitome of a 1960s wuxia and a must-see by King Hu. Mostly taking place at one location – the inn – the scenes are…
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  • The Missing

    Minimalist parable about loneliness, alienation and emotional traumas is the début by the regular actor in Tsai Ming-liang’s films and also shares wit
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  • Super Taboo

    Based on a pornographic book from the 1980s, Taiwanese artist Su Hui-yu’s immersive two-channel video brings frozen tableaux of a forest orgy to
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  • Thou Shalt Not Self-pollute (Dr. Kinsey)

    Traditional society tends to look down on masturbation. In atmospheric slow motion, a doctor tells his patients of the ‘self-polluting’ consequences o
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  • The Last Painting

    A student and political activist becomes the new housemate of a solitary painter. He is brusque and disillusioned, she is filled with hope. Outside, T
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