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Golden Horse Film Festival – Biggest Film Festival in Taiwan

Golden Horse Film Festival – Biggest Film Festival in Taiwan

Map of the Stars The biggest film festival in Taiwan, the Golden Horse Film Fetsival, is right around the corner (11/6 ~ 11/27) and if you have not managed to get the tickets, you may not need to bother. I tried to get hold of just ONE ticket for the restored “Paris, Texas” and the new...Continue reading
Taiwan Film Institute Launched

Taiwan Film Institute Launched

The Taiwan Film Institute, an expansion from the previous Film Data Library, has been officially launched. It will bring together the resources and the various budgets allocated for preserving and restoring valuable old films. It also aims to educate the general public about cinematic art. Culture Minister Lung Yingtai and New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu...Continue reading
Eco Film Festival to be held in Taiwan Starting Today

Eco Film Festival to be held in Taiwan Starting Today

An annual eco film festival will hold more than 5,200 screenings of documentaries around Taiwan starting today, to promote the importance of ecological conservation. The Forestry Bureau, which is jointly organizing the festival with the National Central Library, made the announcement Monday. The festival, to run until October 19, will screen 40 documentaries about Taiwan’s...Continue reading
French Director Luc Besson Explains Lucy Location Choice, Praises Taiwan

French Director Luc Besson Explains Lucy Location Choice, Praises Taiwan

French director Luc Besson said in a behind-the-scenes report Thursday that he fell in love with Taipei 10 years ago when he was promoting his film The Fifth Element and decided to pick the city as the location for his new action thriller Lucy. Besson made the comments in an exclusive, 110-second behind-the-scenes preview of...Continue reading
Luc Besson's Lucy Starring Scarlett Johansson in Taipei City Set to Hit Taiwanese Theaters August 22

Luc Besson’s Lucy Starring Scarlett Johansson in Taipei City Set to Hit Taiwanese Theaters August 22

Lucy, a blockbuster film that was filmed in Taipei, will be hitting theaters in Taiwan August 22. The movie is directed by French director Luc Besson, and it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Many locals here in Taipei might remember last year when they spotted Johansson filming in many of Taipei’s most distinguished areas...Continue reading
Colin Firth and Emma Stone Create Some Magic in the Moonlight in Stills and Trailer for Woody Allen's Latest Film

Colin Firth and Emma Stone Create Some Magic in the Moonlight in Stills and Trailer for Woody Allen’s Latest Film

More stills from Woody Allen’s next film Magic in the Moonlight starring two of my favourite actors, Colin Firth and Emma Stone, have been released, and they – both the stills and the actors – look perfect. I’m really liking the direction of Allen’s more recent films – although Annie Hall will always be a...Continue reading
"Dracula: History and Art of Vampires" Exhibition to Open at National Museum of History in Taipei

“Dracula: History and Art of Vampires” Exhibition to Open at National Museum of History in Taipei

Ever since Stephanie Meyer’s young adult series Twilight hit bookshelves almost a decade ago, vampires have become penetrated so many aspects of popular culture that the mythical creatures are now most often the subject of mockery. However, an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taipei will draw on the oft-forgotten historical and cultural aspects...Continue reading
Review: Edge of Tomorrow

Review: Edge of Tomorrow

This past weekend, I watched Edge of Tomorrow along with several other members of the ICRT Movie Crew (TM). For anybody who read my preview of this movie last month and wondered if the movie lived up to the hype, let me assure that it did in fact do so. This review will be mostly...Continue reading
Angelina Jolie Praises Ang Lee's Works

Angelina Jolie Praises Ang Lee’s Works

Actress Angelina Jolie has expressed her admiration for the works of Taiwanese director Ang Lee. While promoting her latest fantasy film Maleficent in Shanghai, Jolie told the Associated Press she admires the work of Ang Lee and hopes to work with Chinese talent. “I’m not sure if you consider Ang Lee Chinese, he’s Taiwanese but he...Continue reading
A Transcendence from Pop-culture

A Transcendence from Pop-culture

Hello our beloved blog-followers (or, I believe at this point, just our beloved co-workers)! I’m thoroughly excited to embark on my virgin blog-voyage with a Joey’s review on one recently released sci-fi thriller that has received my personal grade-A stamp, a movie called Transcendence. I hope you will enjoy the next few minutes and, despite its...Continue reading
Indie Film Fest Opens in Taipei: 22 Feature Films and Much More at Urban Nomad Film Fest

Indie Film Fest Opens in Taipei: 22 Feature Films and Much More at Urban Nomad Film Fest

Indie Film Fest Hits Taipei Screens In 2014, Taiwan’s upstart indie film fest host 22 feature film premiers, 50+ short films, and lots more fun! Opening on Friday, May 9, the Urban Nomad Film Fest continues to grow as Taiwan’s largest independent film festival, featuring 30 film programs, more than two dozen Taiwan film premiers,...Continue reading