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'Hit Man,' 'Sight,' 'Turbo,' 'Atlas' and 'Babes' are also landing on our screens

The lineup includes Olympic gold medalist-turned-socialite Guo Jingjing, table tennis player Xu Xin and swimmer-turned-golfer Ning Zetao.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The director was a key figure of the New Taiwan Cinema, a nascent movement emerging from decades of state censorship and marital law. The retrospective “Chronicles of Changing Times: The Cinema of Edward Yang” will screen all seven his films March 29-May 5.

See 'A Brighter Summer Day' at Intertnational Film Series in Boulder on December 10th. Michael J. Casey. Boulder Weekly.

The 1990s represent a magical decade in pop culture history.

Gang feuds, a troubled teenage romance and political paranoia in 1960 Taiwan are mixed in Edward Yang's extraordinary epic A Brighter Summer Day. Tony Rayns recalls visiting the set and reflects on Yang's achievement in this 1993 feature.

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Acclaimed Taiwanese film director, scriptwriter and producer Yu Wei-yen (余為彥) passed away Tuesday at the age of 71, according to the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI).

Taipei, June 17 (CNA) Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi will visit Taiwan in July, marking his first trip to the country after bagging an Academy Award in 2022 for his movie "Drive My Car."

Consider these classics for a summer movie night!