TAICHUNG NATIONAL LIBRARY

I've discovered a lot of Taiwan movies at the library.

First let me list what Taiwan movies I've seen so far (I have some copies at home).

January 2006
Double Vision (2002, Taiwan) d. Kuo-fu Chen

September 2005
Cafe Luminiere (2003,Taiwan/Japan) d. Hsiao-hsien Hou

February 2004
Good-bye, Dragon Inn (2004, Taiwan) d. Ming-liang Tsai

October 2003
Siao Yu (1995, TW) d. Zhang Aijia

November 2002
Vive L'Amour (1994, Taiwan) d. Tsai Ming-Liang
The River (1997, Taiwan) d. Tsai Ming-Liang
Shadow Magic (2000, Taiwan, et al) d. Ann Hu

September 2002
at TIFF
The Best of Times (2002, Taiwan) d. Chang Tso-chi
Programme: Contemporary World Cinema  Time: 109 minutes at Varsity 8:45 PM
Drifters (2002, Taiwan/China) d. Wang Xiao-Shuai
2001
Yi Yi (1999, Taiwan)  d. Edward Yang

What Time Is It There? (2001, Taiwan/France) d. Tsai Ming-liang (born in Malaysia, moved to Taiwan in 1977) UPTOWN 3 -116 minutes 10:00 PM

Beijing Bicycle (2001, Taiwan/France) d. Wang Xiaoshuai (born in Shanghai in 1966) UPTOWN 3 - 113 minutes 07:00 PM - really a Taiwan film

Millennium Mambo (2001, Taiwan) d. Hou Hsiao-hsien UPTOWN 2 - 119 minutes 09:15 PM

Also I have the following on DVD or VHS:
20: 30: 40 (2004, HK/Taiwan) d. Sylvia Chang
Lament of Sand River (2000, Taiwan) d. Chi-Yung Chang
Three Times (2005, Taiwan) d. Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tea Fight (2008, Japan,Taiwan) d. Yeming Wang
Home In My Heart (2000 Taiwan) d. (note: movie in Cantonese (dubbed), no English Subtitles)
also
Sandwich Man, The (1983, TW) d. Hou Xiaoxian, Wan Ren, Zeng Zhuangxiang
The Puppetmaster (1993, TW) d. Hou Xiaoxian

THERE'S A REASON WHY WE NEVER WENT BACK

Recent Movies at Taichung Movie Theatre

Within ten minutes walking distance of house in Taichung is the Universal Cinema City (UCC), a second-run/double-feature theater. It is a multiplex (7 screens) and you can sit through two movies for the price of one. The theatre is next door to the church Linda went to as a child and across the street from the National University of Education that my nephew attended. The decor inside has been redone with ten foot movie posters on the walls.

Movies seen last week:
Eat Love Pray (Linda's choice). There were some good performances by the actors.
and Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame with Andy Lau and BingBing Li. (English & Chinese subtitles.)

Movies seen January to May, 2010

January (continued)
The Adjuster (1991) d. Atom Egoyan
Howard in Particular (1979) d. Atom Egoyan
Peepshow (1981) d. Atom Egoyan
Open House (1982) d. Atom Egoyan
Next of Kin (1982) d. Atom Egoyan
Family Viewing (1987) d. Atom Egoyan
The Secret Garden (1993) d.Agnieszka Holland
Julia & Julie (2009) d. Nora Ephron
- would not recommend, but Streep comes off doing a very good impression of herself as an actress
District 9 (2009) d. Neill Blomkamp
-loved this movie
The US vs. John Lennon (2007) d. John Scheinfeld
-give them hell John
February
The Counterfeiters (2007, Austria) d. Stefan Ruzowitzky
- I recommend this movie
Ararat (2002) d. Atom Egoyans
I've Loved You So Long (2008) d. Philippe Claudel
- I recommend this movie
The Departed (2006) d. Martin Scorsese
Where the Truth Lies (2005) d. Atom Egoyan
Best Foot Forward (1943) d. Edward Buzzell
-my mother's favourite movie
Avatar (2009) d. James Cameron
-3d...soldiers...trees
Ip Man (2008, HK) d. Wilson Yip
-good new martial arts movie
March
The Queen's Sister (2005) d. Simon Cellar Jones
April
Last Orders (2001) d. Fred Schepisi
Control (2007) d. Anton Corbijn
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) d. Marlon Brando
May
Sherlock Holmes (2009) d. Guy Ritchie
Casino Royale (2006) d. Martin Campbell
Quantum of Solace (2008) d. Marc Forster

Movies Seen 2009

Here is a list of some of the movies I've seen over the last year. I watch anything. However, I'm always a bit behind on new movies.

January 2010
Movies seen:
Calendar (1993, Canada) d. Atom Egoyan
Speaking Parts (1989, Canada) d. Atom Egoyan
My Mother's Smile (2002, Italy) d. Marco Bellocchio

December 2009
Movies seen:
Heathers (1988) d. Michael Lehmann
In the Valley of Elan (2008) d. Paul Haggis
My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) d. Quentin Tarantino
Babel (2006) d. Alejandro González Iñárritu
Star Wars (1977) d. George Lucas
Zodiac (2007) d. David Fincher
Sahara (2005) d. Breck Eisner
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) d. Jim Jarmusch

November 2009
Movies seen:
Cherry Blossums (2008, Germany) d. Doris Dörrie
Thank You For Smoking (2004) d. Jason Reitman
La Petite Lili (2003, France) d. Claude Miller
Driving Lessons (2006) d. Jeromy Brock

October 2009
Movies seen:
I'm Not There (2009) d. Todd Haynes
The Killing of John Lennon (2006) d. Andrew Piddington
Atonement (2007) d. Joe Wright

September 2009
Movies seen:
The Phantom Light (1935) d. Michael Powell
Goodbye Lenin (2003, German) d. Wolfgang Becker
The Upturned Glass (1947) d. Lawrence Huntington
Pull My Daisy (1959) d. Alfred Leslie, Robert Frank
The Ear (1970, Czechoslovakia) d. Karel Kachyna



August 2009
Movies seen:
The Red Ensign (1935) d. Michael Powell
Game Over: Kasparov, the Machine (2003) d. Vikram Javanti
The Go-Getter (2008) d. Martine Hunes
Diminished Capacity (2008) d. Terry Kinny

July 2009
Movies seen:
The Verdit (1982) d. Sidney Lumet
Cold Mountain (2003) d. Anthony Minghella

June 2009
Movies seen:
Up (2009) d. Pete Doctor

May 2009
Movies seen:
May (2002)d. Lucky McKee
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe (2006) d. Garth Jennings
Live Free or Die Hard (2008) d. Len Wiseman
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) d. Paul Greengrass
Taken (2008) Pierre Morel
Paris, Je T'Aime (2006) d. Coen, Twyker, Doyle, Van Sant, etc

April 2009
Movies seen:
Crank 2: High Voltage(2009) d. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
I Love You, Man (2009) d. John Hamburg
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) d. George Miller

March 2009
Movies seen:
Two Weeks (2009) d. Michael McGowan
Adventureland (2009) d. Greg Mottola
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008, France) d. Hsiao-hsien Hou

February 2009
Movies seen:
Ocean Flame (2008, HK) d. Fendou Liu
The Way We Are (2008, HK) d. Ann Hui
Enter the Phoenix (2004, HK) d. Stephen Fung



January 2009
Movies seen:
Eastern Promises (2007) d. David Cronenberg
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) d. Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
The Ice Harvest (2006) d. Harold Ramis

December 2008
Movies seen:
A History of Violence (2006) d. David Cronenberg
27 Dresses (2008) d. Anne Fletcher
Festival Express (2004) d. Bob Smeaton
Le Petit Lieutenant (2005, France) d. Xavier Beauvois
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2007) d. Ken Kwapis
Inland Empire (2006) d. David Lynch