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Too Much Heaven, Part Four: Taiwan Film Days at the San Francisco Film Society
Taivalu, Taiwan Film Days, SFFS, 2011 Taiwanese cinema has produced several world-class filmmakers, including Hou Hsaio-Hsien, Edward Yang, and Tsai Ming-Liang, but fans of those arthouse titans would...
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Hit ‘Em Up: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale film review
Swagga, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, 2011 Opening this weekend in the U.S., Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale has bloody battles, fierce beheadings, brave sacrifice, facial tattoos, evil...
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Feelin’ Good: DOMA struck down + Frameline Film Festival 2013
Secrets, Two Weddings and a Funeral, 2012 The week of June 24, 2013 was absolutely monumental in the LGBT community, following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Defense of Marriage Act....
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What Goes On: Taiwan Film Days and Third I South Asian Film Festival
Contemplating Asian film, Celluloid Man, 2013 Besides Krrish 3, Hrithik Roshan’s latest superhero blockbuster opening today, there’s more joy for Asian film fans in the Bay upcoming over the next...
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Neither Fish Nor Fowl: The Assassin movie review
Shu Qi and trees, The Assassin, 2015 So the first time I saw Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s new and much-lauded film The Assassin, which opened this past week across North America, I had just finished a grueling...
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Hot, Cool & Vicious: Favorite movies, 2016
Learning to breathe, Moonlight, 2016 Before we get too deep into 2017 here’s a baker’s dozen of some of my most memorable cinematic viewing experiences from last year. My only requirement for this list...
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Dark Entries: The Great Buddha + and Mainland Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Peering, Pickle and Belly Button, The Great Buddha+, 2017 Film noir is a global cinematic genre and this month in San Francisco we’ve got the chance to see some excellent Chinese-language noir films....
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New Power Generation: Jia Zhangke and Lunar New Year films 2019
Jiang hu, Ash Is Purest White, 2018 This has been an interesting few weeks in Chinese-language cinema screenings here in the Bay. This is due in part to the recent Lunar New Year/Spring Festival...
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