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Review: Taiwanese Romance “My Best Friend’s Breakfast” Teases Originality but Falls Back onto Flawed Formulae
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: Taiwan Movie “Reclaim” Shows a Woman Struggling Under the Weight of Family Responsibilities
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: Taiwan Comedy-Drama “Mama Boy” Adequately Explores Mother-Son Relations
By
Brian Hioe
China
Review: Black Comedy “Manchurian Tiger” Paints Absurdist Picture of Working-class Life in Northern China
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Life for Sale” Offers a Stylized and Complex Exploration of Mortality
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Sports Biopic “Zero to Hero” is Safe, Unlike its Trailblazing Subject
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
Taiwan
Review: Taiwan’s “The Funeral” Tries Mixing Family With Thrills and Horror
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Neo-noir “Limbo” Is Dark in More Ways Than One
By
Justin Chor Yu Liu
China
Review: “Before Next Spring” Humanizes the Lives of Chinese Students in Japan
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Demigod: The Legend Begins” Breathes New Life Into Taiwanese Puppetry
By
Brian Hioe
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