Living In A City of Sadness: Hou Hsiao-hsien On KMT Occupation Alex Wen09/17/2016 A City of Sadness marked a pivotal release for Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Taiwanese cinema... Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionSeptember 20166 min read
That Day, On the Beach Alex Wen03/17/2016 That Day, On the Beach set the groundwork for much of the Taiwanese New Wave of films to come... Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionMarch 20169 min read
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “The Assassin” and The Pro-Unification Left Brian Hioe11/28/2015 What are the politics that undergird Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Assassin", which has been much fêted on the film festival circuit? Are they ultimately the politics of Taiwan's pro-unification Left?... Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionNovember 201525 min read