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a quiet cinema

Favorite films

  • A Brighter Summer Day
  • Still Walking
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou
  • House of Hummingbird

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  • Still the Water

    ★★★★½

  • House of Hummingbird

    ★★★★★

  • A Brighter Summer Day

    ★★★★★

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  • Still the Water

    Still the Water

    ★★★★½

    Still the Water by Naomi Kawase

    It is in the quiet, aching exploration of loneliness and love that Still the Water will linger in the heart, not because of dramatic twists in plot. With the serene island of Amami-Oshima setting the scene for this story to unravel like some gentle tide into the inner world of two teens wrestling with the puzzles of their inner lives and with the world, Kaito and Kyoko. Fundamentally, yearning for connection, contrasting with loneliness…

  • House of Hummingbird

    House of Hummingbird

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • A Brighter Summer Day

    A Brighter Summer Day

    ★★★★★

    A reflection of Youth, Identity, Love and Social Fights

    Edward Yang  A Brighter Summer Day is an emotional bunch of deep thinking about youth and identity.

    The title of the movie A Brighter Summer Day is in an unexpected yet interesting way, where something happened that's the opposite of what is expected, because it compares the hopefulness of youth with a darker, terrible reality that the characters face.

    Xiao Si'r coming-of-age trip unfolds against the background of Taiwan shifting political and social…