Written by Terez Vincz The key figure of the second wave of Taiwanese New Cinema, Tsai Ming-liang’s The Walker (2012) consists of twenty-one shots recorded by a fixed camera. This article will
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Walking Slowly: Style and motifs of Tsai Ming-liang’s film art (Part I)
Written by Terez Vincze “I think that our present age is probably the worst time of all to be alive… Living in today’s world is terrible, I’m always
Why Study Taiwan’s Lost Commercial Cinema?
Written by Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley Professor Chris Berry (King’s College London) and I have been co-organising a project, “Taiwan’s Lost Commercial Cinema: Recovered and Restored”, since 2017. The
Stray Dogs: Watching Cinema Disappear
Written by Tiago de Luca With 10 feature-length films to his credit, Tsai is a central figure in what is now broadly referred to as
The Poetics of Tsai Ming-liang
Written by Cecília Mello The films of Tsai Ming-liang have been helping to shape our world cinema landscape since the early 1990s. On one hand, they belong to what
Taiwan New Cinema, Post-New Cinema, and Wei Te-sheng
Written by Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley Taiwan New Cinema (TNC) is a cinematic movement that emerged in the 1980s just as democracy was introduced to the island. Its impact cannot be overstated: TNC not only expanded cultural
Indie is the new mainstream? The conception of independent music in Taiwan
Written by Chen-yu Lin Other than being known as the production centre for Mandopop in its heyday, in recent years, Taiwan has also a burgeoning
Luo Dayou: A Cultural Icon and Inspiration in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China
Written by Eric Scheihagen Whenever Taiwanese popular music of the 1980s, Taiwanese singer-songwriters or indeed the history of Mandopop in Taiwan in general is being
Golden Melody Awards and Festival: Musical Exchange Between Taiwan and the World
Written by Chen-Yu Lin. The night of 20th June 2018 was one of the most significant nights of my life when I finally managed to see No Party for Cao Dong playing live at the
Why Taiwan is still the creative heart of Mandopop
Written by Jocelle Koh While those not in the know might still see Mandopop as a less well-produced version of K-pop, a light scratch beneath
Taiwanese Popular Music: World War II to the 1960s (Part II)
Written by Eric Scheihagen. Despite the efforts of the songwriters mentioned in part one and others, Hoklo songs saw a steep decline in the late
Taiwanese popular music: World War II to the 1960s (Part I)
Written by Eric Scheihagen. The years immediately following World War II were a commercial low point for the music industry in Taiwan. The primary problem
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