Arts and Culture

Review: Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down (夜香・鴛鴦・深水埗)

Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down, directed by Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly, stands out for its ability to evocatively conjure up the quotidian realities of Hong Kong. In many ways, the film, consisting of three shorts depicting everyday dramas set in Hong Kong and one documentary segment, proves a highly poetic one—a snapshot of Hong Kong as it is today, as well as a Hong Kong that may not last...

電影評論:《無聲》

《無聲》是以台南一所聽障學校中,發生性侵害的真實事件改編劇情電影,是一位大膽導演的強力首作。這部電影成功融合了多種電影類型,它同時是一部新黑色片、恐怖片、心理驚悚片和社會寫實片。深入探討了受害者和犯罪者的性格與複雜心理,將受害青少年在心理和性方面的困惑以敏銳和理解的方式表現出來。很少有年輕導演的首作品如此豐富和引人入勝,柯貞年將在未來台灣電影界裡佔有一席之地。...

展覽評論:布列松在中國

理查德·埃夫頓(Richard Avedon)說:「擁有五張出色照片的職業生涯是相當不錯的……[亨利·卡蒂埃·布列松](Henri Cartier-Bresson)有數百張!」 這麼強力的宣稱並不誇張,因為布列松絕對是他那代最偉大的攝影師之一,也是 20 世紀偉大藝術家之一。 走進台北市立美術館的畫廊,參觀大師的作品,是非常特別的經驗。...

Review: Henri Cartier-Bresson: China

“A career with five great photographs would be pretty good...” said Richard Avedon, “...[Henri Cartier-Bresson has] hundreds of them!”. This emphatic statement is not an exaggeration, as Cartier-Bresson is easily one of the greatest photographers of his generation, and one of the great artists of the twentieth century. It is quite a privilege to walk through the galleries of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and be in the presence of the great master’s work....

電影評論:《阿紫》

《阿紫》是一部以觀察和訪談為基礎的紀錄片,是以 verite 傳統原則為方式來製作。這部電影的主要角色是越南新娘阿紫和她的丈夫阿龍。電影對人物的刻畫是直接、誠實的,除了有時會分散注意力的音樂以外,幾乎沒有點綴。而這對夫婦所牽涉的,卻是非常重要的主題,觀眾欣賞此片時,不得不面對這些可能不是很舒服的議題。...