Posts from No Man Is an Island

The Story of Southern Islet (南巫) is a stunning film on every level, technically accomplished with an intricate and distinctive beauty.

While the characters in Crazy Rich Asians aspire to whiteness, the family in Minari simply wants to survive and live in their realities.

At Taiwan's largest religious festival, the sacred and the profane come in equal measure.

If Crazy Rich Asians is about the 1 percent, Minari is about the remaining 99 percent.

What of Taiwan’s subconscious?

Wrath of Desire (愛・殺) aims a poetic lens at gender fluidity and transformation.

A Review of Green Grass, Pale Fire (草地火焰)

Night is Young (夜更) follows a Hong Kong taxi driver on one night in 2019.

A Review of Green Jail (綠色牢籠)

There were no answers in the vast endless ocean, only more questions.

Zombies infiltrate Taiwan's legislature in this clumsy political satire

Like many third parties, Taiwan's Green Party has struggled to balance activism with winning elections.

The film's idyllically queer world offers a glimpse at what a world outside of a binary conception of gender, sexuality, and even technological advancement might look like.