Tag: Taiwanese film | New Bloom Magazine

New Bloom Happy Hour #2: Award-Winning Millennial Nostalgia

newbloomeditor03/02/2022

For the first episode of our new podcast season, join New Bloom members Sueann Shiah, Wen Liu, and Brian Hioe to discuss award-winning film American Girl (美國女孩), as part of our New Bloom Happy Hour series. American Girl won Audience Choice Award, Best New Director, and Best Cinematography at the 2021 Golden Horse Awards. American Girl is available to watch on Netflix globally on March 2nd...

EnglishRadio New Bloom0 min read

Review: Little Big Women (孤味)

Brian Hioe12/03/2020

Little Big Women is a film powerfully evocative of the experiences of many Taiwanese families...

Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionNovember 20205 min read

Review: The Painting of Evil (惡之畫)

Brian Hioe10/17/2020

The Painting of Evil may not be the strongest film in terms of execution, but it is one that proves daring in terms of its subject matter...

Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionOctober 20205 min read

Interview: Aurélien Jegou

Garrett Dee04/01/2018

Aurélien Jegou is an actor and director. Recently, he directed The Mermaid and the Whale, which was shot in Taiwan. The following is an interview with Jegou conducted by New Bloom editor Garrett Dee...

April 2018EnglishInterviews15 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

Yearning for Home: An Internal or External Threat?

Tumin08/24/2015

Since the Chinese economic miracle, the Taiwanese film industry has been awash with Chinese money. Does beneath this lurk the specter of Chinese attempts to influence Taiwan through soft power?...

Arts and CultureAugust 2015EnglishFilm and Television5 min read

Film: 戒不了癮 / Can’t Quit You

Kat07/04/2014

"Can't Quit You" is an autobiographical short film about Zico, a hair stylist based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It's the story of his first love, a relationship with a man called Yin that blossomed when Zico began his career as a hairstyling assistant in Hsinchu...

Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionJuly 2014中文0 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

Taiwanese film

New Bloom Happy Hour #2: Award-Winning Millennial Nostalgia

Review: Little Big Women (孤味)

Review: The Painting of Evil (惡之畫)

Interview: Aurélien Jegou

Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “The Assassin” and The Pro-Unification Left

Yearning for Home: An Internal or External Threat?

Film: 戒不了癮 / Can’t Quit You

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy