The Fifth Pan-Asia Film Festival: Asian Extremes and Interiors

Opening tonight with Yang Ya-che’s romanto-political saga of Taiwanese turmoil and troilism *Gf*Bf, this year’s Pan-Asia Film Festival is, as always, an eclectic feast of films from the Far, South and Middle Easts designed to expand our concept of Asian cinema. As I argue in this piece for Sight & Sound, titles like Midi Z.’s Poor…