Sylvia Chang is known to be a prolific artist, with a record of several films a year as an actress, as well as a new project as a director at least every three to four years. After “Run Papa Run” in 2008, however, it would go on to be seven year before her next directorial “Murmur of the Hearts” would be released, which proves to be a strong return behind the camera for the veteran artist.
Murmur of the Hearts is screening at the Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Taiwan Cinema Online
“Murmur of the Hearts” is centered around three characters, siblings Yu-mei and Yu-nan and Yu-mei’s boxer boyfriend Hsiang. All three are haunted; haunted by memories of their rocky relationships with their parents. Yu-mei and Yu-nan were separated in childhood when their mother left their island home on Lyudao, or “Green Island”, and moved to Taipei with Yu-mei, to get away from her abusive husband.
Murmur of the Hearts is screening at the Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Taiwan Cinema Online
“Murmur of the Hearts” is centered around three characters, siblings Yu-mei and Yu-nan and Yu-mei’s boxer boyfriend Hsiang. All three are haunted; haunted by memories of their rocky relationships with their parents. Yu-mei and Yu-nan were separated in childhood when their mother left their island home on Lyudao, or “Green Island”, and moved to Taipei with Yu-mei, to get away from her abusive husband.
- 6/13/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Hsu Zi-qi has just moved into a new apartment. She opts for a more simplistic life by dedicating herself to the pet parrots she raises, as well as losing herself in her job. These actions help her forget her past and, in particular, her romantic desires. After helping her rescue one of her birds, a handyman named Feng catches the woman’s interest. Hsu starts following the handyman while he completes his duties, and the two connect on a more personal level as they discuss their troubled pasts and current problems.
Missing Johnny is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
Underscoring the difficulties Hsu faces as a woman trying to find herself, “Finding Johnny” also explores the lives of the family that owns the building. With each member of the family dealing with their own daily pressures, they struggle to keep the family unit happy. By taking...
Missing Johnny is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
Underscoring the difficulties Hsu faces as a woman trying to find herself, “Finding Johnny” also explores the lives of the family that owns the building. With each member of the family dealing with their own daily pressures, they struggle to keep the family unit happy. By taking...
- 7/9/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Superb filmmaking! Edward Yang's chronicle of the children of Chinese exiles in Taiwan follows one teen's strange story of accidental delinquency, muted romance and pervasive violence in a closed society fed on American Rock 'n' Roll and Cold War militarism. Almost exactly as long as Gone With the Wind, Yang's intimate epic is one of those 'best movies ever' that few Americans have heard of. A Brighter Summer Day Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 804 1991 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 236 min. / Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date March 22, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Chen Chang, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang, Elaine Jin, Chuan Wang, Han Chang, Hsiu-Chiung Chiang, Stephanie Lai, Chi-tsan Wang, Lawrence Ko, Chih-Kang Tan, Ming-Hsin Chang, Chun-Lung Jung, Hui-Kuo Chou. Cinematography Hui Kung Chang, Longyu Zhang Film Editor Po-Wen Chen Written by Hung Hung, Mingtang Lai Produced by Wei-yen Yu Directed by Edward Yang
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- 3/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Philip Yung’s Port Of Call to close the festival.
Sylvia Chang’s Murmur Of The Hearts will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff, March 23-April 6), while Philip Yung’s Port Of Call will close the event.
Chang was previously named as the Filmmaker in Focus at this year’s Hkiff, which will screen 14 of her films. Murmur Of The Hearts, in which she goes back to her Taiwanese roots, stars Isabella Leong, Joseph Chang, Lawrence Ko and Lee Sinje.
Yung’s Port Of Call is a crime drama starring Aaron Kwok.
Other Hong Kong films receiving their world premiere at Hkiff include Lau Ho-Leung’s Two Thumbs Up, starring Francis Ng, Simon Yam and Leo Ku, and Fruit Chan’s documentary My City about well-known local writer Xi Xi.
Hkiff has also collaborated once again with Youku on an omnibus film, which will receive its receive its world premiere at the...
Sylvia Chang’s Murmur Of The Hearts will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff, March 23-April 6), while Philip Yung’s Port Of Call will close the event.
Chang was previously named as the Filmmaker in Focus at this year’s Hkiff, which will screen 14 of her films. Murmur Of The Hearts, in which she goes back to her Taiwanese roots, stars Isabella Leong, Joseph Chang, Lawrence Ko and Lee Sinje.
Yung’s Port Of Call is a crime drama starring Aaron Kwok.
Other Hong Kong films receiving their world premiere at Hkiff include Lau Ho-Leung’s Two Thumbs Up, starring Francis Ng, Simon Yam and Leo Ku, and Fruit Chan’s documentary My City about well-known local writer Xi Xi.
Hkiff has also collaborated once again with Youku on an omnibus film, which will receive its receive its world premiere at the...
- 2/26/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Is This a Lasting Treasure?: Chen’s Sophomore Rom-Com a Sugary Sweet Endeavor
Arvin Chen, the Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? certainly has a penchant for flights of fancy, though his latest film has an inescapable streak of melancholic longing that sometimes lends it an engaging advantage over similarly formulated titles in this vein. Your attraction to fluffy escapades involving miscommunications in love and lust will most likely determine your reaction to the film, which, as its poppy title taken from an iconic ditty from the Shirelle’s indicates, will resolve itself in satisfactory fashion so you’re left with a warm, faded glow of enjoyment. Dipping into moments of magical realism, Chen channels a tradition of classical cinema that may have you recalling Jacques Tati or Jacques Demy, though it doesn’t quite reach a confectionary crescendo as those particular influences would suggest.
Arvin Chen, the Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? certainly has a penchant for flights of fancy, though his latest film has an inescapable streak of melancholic longing that sometimes lends it an engaging advantage over similarly formulated titles in this vein. Your attraction to fluffy escapades involving miscommunications in love and lust will most likely determine your reaction to the film, which, as its poppy title taken from an iconic ditty from the Shirelle’s indicates, will resolve itself in satisfactory fashion so you’re left with a warm, faded glow of enjoyment. Dipping into moments of magical realism, Chen channels a tradition of classical cinema that may have you recalling Jacques Tati or Jacques Demy, though it doesn’t quite reach a confectionary crescendo as those particular influences would suggest.
- 1/18/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Arvin Chen follows up his excellent debut Au Revoir Taipei with this delightful story of Taipei thirtysomethings reassessing their relationships and sexuality, as the weight of familial responsibility looms. Continuing in a similar vein of light-hearted yet keenly observed romantic comedy that made his first film such a pleasant surprise, Chen's second feature trades the awkwardness of young love for the romantic wasteland of married life. Reserved, introverted optician Weichung (Richie Jen) has a wife, a son and a steady job. But a chance meeting with an old friend, the flamboyant and openly gay Stephen (Lawrence Ko) throws the stability of his domestic life into turmoil. Before he was married, Weichung was gay, and the drudgery of daily life compared to Stephen's fast-paced, commitment-free lifestyle, has...
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- 3/29/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Congralutations to Andy Lau (representing Hong Kong's Oscar submission A Simple Life) and Eugene Domingo (the star of The Philippine's Oscar submission Woman in a Septic Tank) who won the People's Choice Award for Actor and Actress at the 6th Annual Asian Film Awards.
They look so happy. The Oscars are long over but somehow it's comforting to know that people hold new trophies every day of the year for something or other and not all of them are dreaming of Oscar. And not all awards bodies are concerned with whether or not Oscar voters are watching.
It was a big night for A Separation (which we were just talking about) which took home the top prize and three others. The craft categories were mostly split between Wu Xia and The Flying Swords of Dragon Gale, neither of which have come to Us cinemas.
The acting awards were all over...
They look so happy. The Oscars are long over but somehow it's comforting to know that people hold new trophies every day of the year for something or other and not all of them are dreaming of Oscar. And not all awards bodies are concerned with whether or not Oscar voters are watching.
It was a big night for A Separation (which we were just talking about) which took home the top prize and three others. The craft categories were mostly split between Wu Xia and The Flying Swords of Dragon Gale, neither of which have come to Us cinemas.
The acting awards were all over...
- 3/21/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Still from A Separation
Asghar Farhadi’s Nader and Simin, A Separation added to its long list of accolades after it scooped up four awards at the 6th Asian Film Awards (Afa) in Hong Kong. It won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter and Best Editor.
Donny Damara won the Best Actor for Lovely Man (Indonesia) while Deanie IP won the Best Actress for A Simple Life (Hong Kong).
The 6th Afa that took place on March 19 is one of the opening events of Entertainment Expo Hong Kong and takes place with two other flagship events of the Hkiffs: the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff), and the 10th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf).
The winners of the 6th Afa are:
Best Film
• Nader And Simin, A Separation (Iran)
Best Director
• Asghar Farhadi ― Nader And Simin, A Separation (Iran)
Best Actor
• Donny Damara ― Lovely Man (Indonesia...
Asghar Farhadi’s Nader and Simin, A Separation added to its long list of accolades after it scooped up four awards at the 6th Asian Film Awards (Afa) in Hong Kong. It won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter and Best Editor.
Donny Damara won the Best Actor for Lovely Man (Indonesia) while Deanie IP won the Best Actress for A Simple Life (Hong Kong).
The 6th Afa that took place on March 19 is one of the opening events of Entertainment Expo Hong Kong and takes place with two other flagship events of the Hkiffs: the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff), and the 10th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf).
The winners of the 6th Afa are:
Best Film
• Nader And Simin, A Separation (Iran)
Best Director
• Asghar Farhadi ― Nader And Simin, A Separation (Iran)
Best Actor
• Donny Damara ― Lovely Man (Indonesia...
- 3/20/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Nominations for the 6th annual Asian Film Awards were announced in Hong Kong today:
Best Film
A Separation (Iran) Postcard (Japan) The Flowers of War (Mainland China) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China) Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan) You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)
Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Zhang Yimou, The Flowers of War
Best Actor
Chen Kun, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Donny Damara, Lovely Man Andy Lau, A Simple Life Park Hae Il, War of the Arrows Yakusho Koji, Chronicle of My Mother
Best Actress
Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture Michelle Chen, You Are the Apple of My Eye Eugene Domingo, The Woman in the Septic Tank Leila Hatami, A Separation Deanie Ip,...
Best Film
A Separation (Iran) Postcard (Japan) The Flowers of War (Mainland China) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China) Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan) You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)
Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Zhang Yimou, The Flowers of War
Best Actor
Chen Kun, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Donny Damara, Lovely Man Andy Lau, A Simple Life Park Hae Il, War of the Arrows Yakusho Koji, Chronicle of My Mother
Best Actress
Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture Michelle Chen, You Are the Apple of My Eye Eugene Domingo, The Woman in the Septic Tank Leila Hatami, A Separation Deanie Ip,...
- 1/18/2012
- MUBI
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate and the other nominations for the 2012 Asian Film Awards have been announced. The 6th Annual Asian Film Awards was presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) “to recognize excellence of film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.” This year’s award ceremony will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 19, 2012.
The full listing of the 2012 Asian Film Awards nominations have been announced.
Best Film
A Separation (Iran)
Postcard (Japan)
The Flowers of War (Mainland China)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan)
You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)
Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man
Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance
Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Zhang Yimou, The...
The full listing of the 2012 Asian Film Awards nominations have been announced.
Best Film
A Separation (Iran)
Postcard (Japan)
The Flowers of War (Mainland China)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan)
You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)
Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man
Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance
Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Zhang Yimou, The...
- 1/18/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
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