In the final months of 1917, Helena Smith Dayton (1883–1960) released a one-reel production of Romeo and Juliet starring a cast of characters crafted entirely out of clay. Though identifiable now as a pioneering work of stop-motion animation, the film’s…
As I write, the nineteenth iteration of the Taipei Film Festival winds to a close in three cinemas across the city. By and large the festival is an “international” affair, with omnipresent advertisements promising films from over 40 different countries,…
