Goodbye, Dragon Inn(不散)

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Though the film's deliberate pace is sometimes frustrating, it casts a quietly powerful spell and the memory of its images lingers provocatively long after they've flickered into darkness.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

Has a quiet, cumulative magic, whose source is hard to identify. Its simple, meticulously composed frames are full of mystery and feeling; it's an action movie that stands perfectly still.

Variety by David Rooney

This feels like short film material stretched exasperatingly thin but nonetheless casts a certain sad spell, graced by moments of droll observational humor.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

This is a funny, sad, stunningly smart movie about the end of movies, made in Tsai's inimitable, unblinking style. No movie lover should miss it.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

A movie of elegant understatement and considerable formal intelligence.

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

A droll gem that celebrates movie love with feeling and deadpan humor.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

For all its minimalism, Tsai Ming-liang's 81-minute masterpiece manages to be many things at once.

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

It could all be done much more efficiently, but any other approach would lose Tsai's unique mix of stone-faced comedy and dewy-eyed lyricism.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

A loving tribute to cinema by Tsai Ming-liang, one of Taiwan's most accomplished and popular directors.