In the opening minutes of Chen Xiaoming's first feature film “If You Are Happy”, we follow Mr. Wu, a high school professor, ending his lecture...
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Sequel to the 2016 film “Special Female Force”, “The Fatal Raid” is another addition to the Girls with Guns subcategory, which seems to...
Pang Ho-cheung's latest film “Missbehaviour” is a light and bubbly comedy of friends, held together by a downpour of gags, ranging from slapstick, to...
In the world of arts, movies have unparalleled ability in portraying cultures, customs and traditions outside one's own so convincingly that one enjoys the...
For the past decade, Kan Eguchi has earned acclaim for his advertising and TV drama direction; in 2018, he made his feature debut with Riding Uphill, about...
For the most part, Taiwanese film industry is well known for its romantic films, dramas or comedies. Maybe only a handful films, if that, from the country...
Huang Chao-liang is one of Taiwan's most successful directors in recent years. His films, “Hanky Panky” and “The Wonderful Wedding”...
Han Dan is a rather impressive but also very dangerous ritual in Taiwan, where half-naked young men stand on a palanquin holding a kind of bouquet while real...
For many film fans the name Bernard Rose is usually connected to perhaps his most famous film “Candyman”. However, the English director has also...
Eiji Uchida has come to be a well-known name in modern Japanese cinema, with films that take a look at the seedier side of modern life. “Love and Other...