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A Holy Family (神人之家) is an insightful documentary that examines family dynamics. The movie follows the filmmaker, Elvis Lu, as he films his estranged family

Manbo Key's exhibition “HomePleasure” proves the third of a series of exhibitions by the photographer exploring his father’s sexuality. Key is the name by which...

Discover the top Taiwanese movies of 2022 across genres like horror, romance, history, puppetry, comedy, and more—streaming links included when available

The rather inscrutably titled Coo-Coo 043 ( 一家子兒咕咕叫) proves a dramatic look at the lives of Taiwan’s working class, through the lens of pigeon racing. Though a bit...

Fake It Real (真相碎片) is an intriguing exhibition at the Taipei Digital Art Center, which runs until October 10th. The majority of the exhibition, however, is not...

Laopopo: great-grandmother Laogongong: great-grandfather In Shandong, mountains rise like fists from the earth, and pagoda trees blossom, releasing wild fuchsia...

紀錄片《舞徑》由導演楊偉新以九年時間拍攝與剪接而成，也自掏腰包花了兩百萬製片，並且以民眾小額捐款的方式籌得五十萬元以在院線上映。此片雖為導演的第一部電影，但對議題的表現方式非常成熟，毫無新手上路的感覺。《舞徑》是一部剪接精湛，情境與題材接近《籃球夢》的紀錄片。（註：需要英文字幕的觀眾不用擔心，此片同時有中英字幕)

The debut feature of director Yao Ziwei, “No New Wave” deploys French New Wave aesthetics in tracing the existences of three young Chinese filmmakers in New York

If you've heard of Jiufen, you might know it is the site of filming for many Taiwanese movies, most notably City of Sadness. You might have heard it has wonderful...

Chinese animated movie "I Am What I Am" offers a dynamic and inventive depiction of working-class youth and lion dancing

Chinese movie "Manchurian Tiger" offers a darkly comedic look at workers in China’s northeast region

  In this “New Creatives” interview with Alice Lin, an up-and-coming Taiwanese American author, we dig into the cultural roots and swoon-worthy characters of her...

破土編輯丘琦欣採訪藝術家曾彥婷和蔣韜關於他們的作品「在聚合世代採集時間」。

Life for Sale is an ambitious work. While imperfect, the film is bold, and those willing to indulge some of its more visible flaws may find the journey rewarding

New Bloom/No Man is an Island’s Brian Hioe interviewed artists Kappa Tseng and Chiang Tao about her recent art project, “The Collection of Time in the Polymer Age"...

Taking its title from Edward Yang’s 1986 masterpiece, 2021’s “Terrorizers” draws from contemporary inspirations and fails to make an equivalent impact

It seems like nearly every day, a new food & beverage takes on the diasporic niche, bringing long-missed-but-not-forgotten flavors to pockets of Asian Americana....

In the past week, Bondee, an app allowing users to create virtual avatars and chatrooms in which they can host up to fifty of their friends, has taken Taiwan by...

“Walking the Crack” sets out to be a “walk-able” exhibition in some form, citing Michel de Certeau in its abstract.

“The Wild Eighties: Dawn of Transdisciplinary Taiwan,” which runs from December 3rd to February 26th at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, is a highly successful look...

數個右傾的外籍YouTuber成功在台灣找到了觀眾。他們時常聲稱他們在「解釋」自己國家或台灣的文化，有些提倡枯燥無味的消費主義、一種美國的生活風格，而且不吝以文化差距做為衝擊值來達到震驚觀眾的效果。

The month-long extravaganza of the Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival is being held until October 9th at the Taoyuan Arts Center in northern Taiwan

Welcome back to another interview in our “New Creatives” series at TaiwaneseAmerican.org! With August and the end of summer coming around, avid readers will know...

A recent scandal involved singer Rainie Yang claiming not to be Taiwanese, but a “Guangdong person that grew up in Taiwan” on a Chinese program. Yang claimed this...

Taiwanese horror-thriller film “The Funeral'' is more fittingly enjoyed as a family drama with scary elements

“Demigod” celebrates a mainstay character of renowned Taiwanese traditional puppetry studio Pili Puppetry, and introduces the art form to new audiences

A cultural event in Beitou has been criticized regarding Indigenous representation. Namely, the event, the “Beitou Witch Magic Festival”, draws on the history of...

Feeling FOMO about not being in Taiwan for the summer? There’s more to being Taiwanese than just having physically been there.

TaiwaneseAmerican.org is excited to present our latest “New Creatives” interview with Rosalie Chiang, voice actress for the protagonist Mei in Pixar’s blockbuster...

Brian Hioe spoke to Alexmalism, who researches electronic music culture as a Ph. D candidate at the City University of Hong Kong, and is also a DJ, producer, and...

Taiwanese family drama “Reclaim” centers on a woman on the verge of retirement, but lacks dramatic punch and focus

Pingtung County recently began offering cash rewards for local residents that bring in an invasive vine, as part of an effort to prevent its spread. The vine,...

Incantation is the latest Taiwanese film to try bridging traditionally Taiwanese elements with contemporary horror (other recent examples include 2019...

Feature images provided by Oliver Lin or from his website. Today, we’re incredibly excited to be launching TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s “New Creatives” initiative, a...

Jonathan Lerner's Lily Narcissus is an elegiac novel, reflecting on a period of history long gone

Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang by Nicholas de Villiers is a strong entry in the English-language literature on...

A balloon float featuring 7/11 mascot Open-Chan that broke away from its tethers, flew away, and then exploded has become the object of numerous memes online

The Taiwan Light Children Association will be holding a Christmas concert at the Central Petroleum Company’s Kuo-kuang Theater tomorrow night. The concert aims to...

“BLUEPRINTS” is finding language for a homeland, the songs of our parents. It is a recollection of grief, and how a people emerge from mourning one day, one...

Author Nicole Chen (photo credit to Sarah Deragon)
"How We Say I Love You," with illustrations by Lenny Wen, features a Taiwanese American girl who shares how her...

The restoration of Dust of Angels by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute and its screenings throughout Taiwan over the last few months is an event of...

Over the span of nine years, documentary filmmaker, Wei Hsing Yang shot and edited Ballet in Tandem. The film is a true labor of love, with Mr. Yang spending two...

This past weekend, BDSM Company hosted four performances of “Kinky Community Musical 2.0" at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Written by Della Wang and directed by...

Starring Kai Ko as an awkward fish store worker, "Mama Boy" is the latest Taiwanese movie featuring the trope of overbearing mothers

"A lot of heart and emotion in here; honest and raw." - Charles Yu I did everything I could during childhood to keep my apologetic Asian hidden within me. I...

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6n6OZKNfmA[/embed] We are excited to share, with permission, a recording of the 2022 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative...

At a time in which calls to remove authoritarian symbols have more often led to proposals for the removal of the Chiang Kai-shek statue in the Chiang Kai-shek...

The latest online blow-up by authoritarian leftists–commonly referred to as tankies–proves a bizarre one

Before Next Spring is a humanistic look at a group of young Chinese students working in Japan. Based on the experiences of first-time director Li Gen during his...

2022’s top Taiwanese romance blockbuster "My Best Friend’s Breakfast" will probably appeal to genre fans, but fails to innovate enough beyond established tropes...