Luke Liao
In Retrospect: ‘Goodbye, Dragon Inn’
The 2003 film “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” opened in a cinema in Taipei that was screening King Hu’s 1967 film “Dragon Inn.” It will be...
Radar Replay: ‘Happy Together’: Wong Kar-Wai’s melancholic and rhapsodic romance
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From “Days of Being Wild,” “Chungking Express,” “Ashes of Time” to “Fallen Angels,” Wong Kar-Wai released some of the decade's most definitive work of...
Divine Fury: ‘Blood of Zeus’ Season Two
Four years after its debut, the second season of "Blood of Zeus," a Netflix original anime series, premiered on May 10. The first season,...
‘Evil Does Not Exist’: The mysteries and politics of the land
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“Evil Does Not Exist” opens with a lengthy, unbroken shot of snow capped trees from below, an intimidating angle diminishing us against the leafless...
Love, from the murderous, the forbidden to the cybernetic
“Decision To Leave” (2022)
Investigating the death of a man, detective Hae-jun (Park Hae-il) monitors the primary suspect Seo-rae (Tang Wei) in what could be...
‘Civil War’: Photographing a fallen nation
Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” released on April 12, 2024, takes place in a near-future America where the nation is factionalized and eating itself alive....
‘The Wages of Fear’: A ticking time bomb and the damning pursuit of capital
“The Wages of Fear” opens in a barren Latin American town where the skies are clear and the humidity is palpable. The town’s geography...
‘Perfect Days’: The beauty of simplicity and routine
In 1985, Wim Wenders released the documentary “Tokyo-Ga.” set in the eponymous city, Tokyo, and inspired by the films of Yasjiro Ozu. For all...
Radar Replay: ‘Millennium Actress’: A lifetime on the silver screen.
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With a limitless medium in his hands and the ingeniousness to match it, Satoshi Kon produced some of animation’s most unforgettable work. In just...
‘The Zone of Interest’: An undisturbed life
“The Zone of Interest” depicts life in a Nazi household right next to Auschwitz. While a lone barbed wall separates the two premises, guttural...