Sabu’s Arrested Memory is a weird blend of crime comedy, emotional journey and martial arts movie. None of it really coheres.
Arrested Memory. Frontal Underload.
Tag: Taiwan
Meet Me at the Forum
With a vital focus on Ukraine, this year’s Forum films offer a wide tent of differing visions from the cutting-edge of experimental cinema.
Eel Lives Between Dreams and Shadows
The dreamlike Eel is a promising debut from Taiwanese director Chu Chun-Teng that thrives within liminal spaces — live from Perspectives.
Blind Love. Tunnel Vision.
References to Alfred Hitchock and Edward Yang does the paper-thin queer Taiwanese love story Blind Love no favours.
Capitalism Is a Locust
The twin spectres of China and capitalism haunt every frame of KEFF’s gangland debut Locust, with shades of Edward Yang’s A Brighter Summer Day.
Sleep With Your Eyes Open. Postcards from the Past
Sleep With Your Eyes Open uses an elastic narrative form to paint an ironic portrait of Chinese migrant life in Brazil, to both its benefit and detriment.