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The news of Hou Hsiao-hsien's retirement from filmmaking due to his battle with dementia shocked the cinema world, which seems to have lost one of its definite auteurs. As a small tribute to his timeless work we present a list of all his movies, with the exception of the two omnibuses he participated in 2007 (To Each His Own Cinema) and 2011 (10+10) which we hope to review later on, along with his yet unfinished last movie, “Shulan River”. Without further ado, here is a rundown of his movies, in chronological order.

1. Cute Girl (1980)

You should not ignore the importance of “Cute Girl” when it comes to introducing audiences to the kind of approach, thematically and aesthetically, that Hou would develop further in his next projects. As author Philip Kemp rightfully points out in his essay on the filmmaker's early works, concepts such as the contrast between rural and urban Taiwan or traditional family values,...

Considered one of the most distinct samples of Taiwanese New Cinema, “The Sandwich Man” is an omnibus of three short films based on stories by Huang Chunming, which deal with the working class in Taiwan during the 60s.

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The first segment, titled “The Sandwich Man” (alternatively “The Son's Big Doll”) is directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and takes place during 1962. Kun Shu is an illiterate young man who works as a “sandwich man”, wearing clown make up, and advertising billboards back and forth and roaming the streets, in order to provide for his wife and child, while she is waiting for a second one, which is what led him to take up the particular job in the first place. Kun Shu is frequently ridiculed, pranked, his father repeatedly tells him that he is ashamed of him, while his boss treats him as a necessary evil.

Actor Aubrey Morris has passed away at the age of 89. The veteran star, who is known best for his role of P.R. Deltoid in 1971's A Clockwork Orange, died on Wednesday, July 15, his agent confirmed to the BBC. Morris started his acting career on the small screen before making his big-screen debut in the 1960s. The British thespian's early film work includes roles in Night Caller From Outer Space with John Saxon and Maurice Denham, The Sandwich Man with Bernard Cribbins and Dora Bryan, and [...]...