2011 was a prime year for Taiwanese cinema, with films like Honey PuPu, Blowfish and Starry, Starry Night topping my end of year list, so when I sat down to watch Yi-Chi Lien's first-time effort Make Up my expectations were up. Luckily Lien delivers, though not in the same amounts as his predecessors. Still, Make Up should prove to be a great film for all of you exploring the modern realm of Taiwanese cinema. Make Up could've been a regular drama. It has all the elements necessary to serve up 90 minutes of soft-voiced emotional struggles bathing in beautiful filters and aided by a simple yet effective piano score. And it would've been fine like that. But Lien adds an extra storyline that introduces a...
- 1/30/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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