Yi Yi 〈Cross-Platform〉

The film can be streamed via The Criterion Channel or purchased on Prime Video . Yi Yi Around the World | Current - The Criterion Collection

Widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, Yi Yi currently sits in the top 100 of the Sight & Sound critics' poll. It is celebrated not for dramatic twists, but for its relenting honesty regarding the "mundanity" of life, which Yang transforms into something luminous and essential.

The story revolves around the middle-class Jian family as they navigate personal upheavals after the family matriarch falls into a coma following a stroke . The film can be streamed via The Criterion

Suffers a spiritual breakdown , feeling the emptiness of her repetitive daily life.

Edward Yang's 2000 masterpiece (also known as A One and a Two ) is a three-hour Taiwanese drama that manages to feel like a complete lifetime. It follows the Jian family in Taipei, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral, capturing the full spectrum of human experience—from the first flickers of adolescent love to middle-age spiritual crises and the quiet approach of death. The Core Premise The story revolves around the middle-class Jian family

Yang uses a distanced, precise camera to observe his characters through windows and reflections, creating a sense of both profound isolation and deep connection.

A partner in a struggling computer firm who reconnects with a lost love while questioning the morality of his professional life. It follows the Jian family in Taipei, beginning

A young boy who begins photographing the backs of people's heads because, as he explains, they can't see that part of the truth for themselves. Artistic Elements