Hideaki Anno’s Shin Godzilla would be an attempt to grapple with not only post-Fukushima Japan, but also the present moment of uncertainty in Japan with constitutional reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution on the table...
Prometheus Unbound: When Formosa Reclaims the World would primarily be an argument for a Left Taiwanese nationalism that advocates for independence, as distinctively colored by the Sunflower Movement...
A recent music video titled “Oh My God” by Malaysian rapper Namewee and well-known Taiwanese hip hop group 911 has drawn controversy for its depiction of Muhammad, gambling, drinking, and carrying a toy gun...
Recent backlash by Asian-Americans against The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon, for “whitewashing” Asians from a movie ostensibly set in China, have unfortunately generally missed the point...
The removal of Taiwanese actor Leon Dai from Chinese film No Other Love because of a perceived pro-Taiwanese independence stance has provoked outcry in Taiwan...
New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Catta Chou of Youth Labor Union 95 regarding the upcoming Taiwan International Labor Film Festival by e-mail. The Taiwan International Labor Film Festival will be held from August 26th to September 4th in Taipei...
The film Detective Chinatown, recently pulled from a screening at the Thailand Film Destination Festival, exoticizes Thai culture. We might take a look...
