It took only two movies for Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang to establish his trademarks: Slow-paced storytelling, scarce dialogue, alienated characters. And that was back in the mid-’90s; today, Tsai’s movies fit comfortably into the category of slow cinema, a burgeoning … Continue reading DAYS (日子)
The landscape of China is changing. “There’s a lot of environmental change in terms of building and demolition,” Evelyn Shih says. “But also in terms of environmental destruction that people are starting to pay attention to and really be hurt … Continue reading Documenting Landscapes, Poetizing Reality: Evelyn Shih on New Chinese Cinemas
I have become tired of cinema. The so-called entertainment value of films in recent years, the mechanisms of the market, and the constant pandering to popular taste, all disgust me. I don’t feel the need to keep making films or, … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 27, 1957
Michael J. Cinema 