Scribbles and Ramblings

Notes on all 18 Features of Hou Hsiao-hsien and a Top 10 list: Cute Girl (1980) Cheerful Wind (1981) The Green, Green Grass of Home (1...

Spotlight on the first four feature films of Hou Hsiao-hsien: Cute Girl (1980) Cheerful Wind (1981) The Green, Green Grass of Home (19...

Wonders in the Dark is having a poll to determine the best 15 films from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is tough to narrow down just 15 fi...

  "Did you like the movie?" "A bit too serious". "You prefer comedies?" "Not really. But it didn't...

Shifting location from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur: Tsai Ming-liang returns to his birth country Malaysia to make his first feature outside of ...

"Did you like the movie?" "A bit too serious". "You prefer comedies?" "Not really. But it didn't h...

When I came across my first film by Tsai Ming-liang What Time is it there? , it took me a while to let all the details sink in. It was a bea...

I am tired of people saying that there are no good movies being made currently and that the best cinema was back in the 50’s & 60’s. Ok,...