Collections/October 2025

Directed by Edward Yang

Featuring an introduction by critic Dennis Lim, part of Criterion’s Spotlight series Edward Yang made films on a monumental scale, bringing novelistic depth to sprawling stories of human connection, alienation, and self-discovery set in a rapidly changing Taiwan. Capturing intricate webs of criss-crossing social relationships with his masterful long takes, Yang’s films—including his crowning achievements, the epics A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi —reflect on both the universalities of the human condition and the specific social and cultural upheavals that transformed his country across the twentieth century.

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