Tag: straydogs

Melons, Love And Emptiness: Tsai Ming-liang Retrospective In Vienna

It is time for melons in Vienna: From May 9-23, a retrospective covering the complete oeuvre of Tsai Ming-liang runs at the Stadtkino Vienna as a part of Wiener Festwochen. For two weeks the Malaysian born filmmaker will be presented...

ILO ILO Takes Top Honours At Taipei Golden Horse Awards

Singaporean drama Ilo Ilo continued its run of awards wins in Taiwan this evening, where it was named Best Film at the prestigious Golden Horse Awards - widely regarded as the foremost Chinese language film awards in the World. Director...

Vancouver 2013 Dispatch: STRAY DOGS, AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, And LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

Stray Dogs, the perhaps-last-ever film from Taiwanese master Tsai Ming-liang, is a devastatingly sad, quirk-ily mysterious and slithery film. It's hard to pin down the details of the characters' (a father and his two young children) lives, how much time...

Venice 2013 Dispatch, Last Days: Saying Goodbye To Tsai Ming-liang

The 70th Venice film festival will be over in 48 hours. With almost all of the competition films having screened, we still have no idea who could actually bring the awards home. On the contrary of the past editions, this...