MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Donor Fatigue
Organ Child may not be the worst, but it’s surely the stupidest movie of the year so far.
School Daze
The Uniform is a love triangle melodrama first, class-based education piss-take second.
Me, Myself & Irene
Once Upon a Lie wants us all to understand that Irene Wan’s still got “it”.
Love Scam: Take 2
Aside from positing 38 is practically dead, Salli is an inoffensive coming of romantic age drama.
Mother of a Mess
Hou Hsiao-hsien protégé Huang Xi’s multi-generational drama Daughter’s Daughter is a classic woman’s picture.
Time for Love
Taiwanese director Leading Li goes back in time for his LGBTQ genre mash-up, The Time of Huan Nan.
Up and Away
Fan fiction? An Il Mare riff? Suicide jokes? A Balloon’s Landing is just weird and ballsy enough to be enjoyable.
Get the Gauze
Ado-rom! That’s it. 18x2 Beyond Youthful Days is a better adolescent romance than most.
Happy Ever ‘After’
Yes, there’s a death, but Blue Lan’s coming-of-age dramedy After School carries a welcome respite from LGBTQ+ misery.
Animal Crackers
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon is out of its damn mind. But in a good way.
Mucky Suds
Taiwanese director Giddens Ko rounds up his usual suspects for the kooky gangster rom-com Miss Shampoo.
‘Day’ Gone By
Proving good things come in small packages, Day Off is a little slice of nuthin’ that’s surprisingly effective.