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Chinese & Taiwanese

1989–present·10 films

Wong Kar-wai's neon heartbreak, Hou Hsiao-hsien's contemplative epics, censored mainland directors smuggling truth.

Some of the most visually stunning cinema ever made.

poeticpoliticalslow cinema

Filmography

A City of Sadness

1989

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Taiwan's White Terror. Golden Lion.

Chungking Express

1994

Wong Kar-wai

Two love stories. Dreamy, impossibly cool.

Vive L'Amour

1994

Tsai Ming-liang

Three strangers. Loneliness as space. Golden Lion.

In the Mood for Love

2000

Wong Kar-wai

Most beautiful film about unconsummated desire.

Suzhou River

2000

Lou Ye

Shanghai Vertigo. Director banned 5 years.

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2003

Tsai Ming-liang

Theater's last screening. Cinema mourning itself.

2046

2004

Wong Kar-wai

Sequel to In the Mood. Sci-fi, memory, heartbreak.

The Assassin

2015

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Wuxia as pure painting. Slowest martial arts film.

An Elephant Sitting Still

2018

Hu Bo

4 hours. Director killed himself before release. Only film.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

2018

Bi Gan

Final hour is one continuous 3D shot.

10 films in Chinese & Taiwanese