
“The Great Buddha+”: As if it hasn’t already been a vintage year for Asian films, you can add Huang Hsin-Yao’s debut feature to the impressive list. As savagely satirical as it is gorgeously surreal, the black-and-white comedy, set in a predominantly poor, rural Taiwanese village, wraps its sociopolitical barbs in a punk sensibility disguising an unexpected poignancy.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times