Taiwan
Film Review – Left-Handed Girl
Left-Handed Girl (2025) marks the solo directing debut of Shih-Ching Tsou. She previously co-directed Take Out (2004) with Sean Baker and has since helped produced his films from Tangerine (2015) through Red Rocket (2021). With this latest release, the two have switched roles, in a way, with Tsou taking the director’s chair and Baker…
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Film Review – Tigertail
Tigertail (2020) – not to be confused with the docuseries Tiger King – is a Taiwanese film that explores the choice many people have made: leaving their home country and immigrating to the United States in search of a better life. As a child of…
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Film Review – A Sun
The Taiwanese film, A Sun (2019) made the festival rounds last year and just hit Netflix for a wider audience. Directed and co-written by Mong-Hong Chung (along with Yaosheng Chang), this is an emotionally devastating story of family, regret, tragedy, and reconciliation. There is a…
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Blu-Ray Review – Taipei Story
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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