Overview of articles
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Let’s Fall in Love
The Taiwanese marriage market cannot do without the energetic matchmaker Chen, who is specialised in notorious bachelors. Chen also tackles Wu, the maPublished on: -
May
An elderly woman is forced to work as a cleaner after her husband dies. A small-scale, socially realistic drama about loss of face.Published on: -
Motel Erotica
Entanglements come to a surprising climax on the roof of a ‘love hotel’.Published on: -
Visage
Singing and dancing scenes tell without dialogue the story of a film maker – the alter ego of director Tsai Ming-liang – who wants to…Published on: -
Murmur of Youth
Ode to (Taiwanese) youth in the form of a portrait of the intimate relationship between two girls from very different backgrounds who both work as…Published on: -
Sleeping with Her
Appealing story about an old woman who is cared for by her Indonesian caretaker. As a family drama is unravelled, the ‘difficult’ woman’s motives arePublished on: -
Unforgettable Memory
In China, few people want to be reminded of the events of 1989. The maker of Unforgettable Memory is still struggling with the past.Published on: -
March 14 2009, Hong Kong Coliseum
In an empty concert hall, star singer Fish Leong shares her deeper thoughts on the pan-Asian tour, in which every show follows a fixed pattern.Published on: -
Woman on Fire Looks for Water
Father and son wrestle with love in a small Malaysian fishing village. While father looks up an old lover he should have married years ago,…Published on: -
Kissing Faces
Intriguing contrast between the kitschy dream world of karaoke and the neon reality of a city that feels empty and desolate. Mad and marvellous.ScreenPublished on: