| Place of Residence | Belfast |
| Favourite Musician | Nick Cave |
| Favourite Writer | Thomas Pynchon |
| Favourite Filmmaker | Andrei Tarkovsky |
Watched this at the QFT Belfast today and was blown away by it. Yang was a master and this is right up there with his finest work. Gorgeously layered filmmaking that regularly explores themes like family loyalties; modernity as it clashes with tradition; capitalism versus paternalism; and toxic masculinity. Artful framing alongside genuinely stirring innovation in the visual iconography on display make ‘Taipei Story’ a thrilling tour de force.
It’s trash but it’s righteous trash. London and its denizens are caricatured crudely but the film is not intended to be a history lesson, so why expect realism? Part farce, part horror conspiracy, Murder By Decree is weirdly compulsive viewing. In the main, this is due to Christopher Plummer’s surprisingly affecting and humane portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. The Ripper mythology has been depicted far more viscerally elsewhere but this is still a diverting attempt at the infamous legend (whilst still being painfully superficial).
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