埃贡·席勒：死神与少女

　　隐藏在小亚细亚的茫茫冬雪中，是看不见尽头的凄沧。小学老师萨密自比枯草，一直期待快将调职回城市的学校，但某日一封学生藏在笔记簿里写给他的情书被发现，衍生出他性骚扰学生的指控。梦想幻灭、同袍情谊恶化、其他教职员之间的窃窃私语，使得萨密临近崩溃边缘。直到遇见帮他克服难关的女老师，让这绝望的寒冬起了变化。
　　土耳其电影大师努里·比格·锡兰时隔四年带来新作，借人与人之间的伤痛和救赎，既自省亦警世。餐桌上一场群体与个人、抗争与妥协的意识形态思辩，更令人拍案叫绝。女主角凭此片夺得戛纳电影节最佳女演员殊荣，成为史上首位土耳其戛纳影后。

 偏僻、贫穷但素来清白的望鱼村突然出了个小偷，这使村民、尤其是村长吴二哥大为震惊。吴二哥恨自己没本事，不能带领村民们富起来，才出了丢人现眼的事。他痛下决心为村里寻找致富门路。 借鉴别村引进港台投资致富的经验，他号召村民们挖掘港台关系。可怜望鱼村世世代代竟无一人走出这穷山沟。 吴二哥一筹莫展之际，村妇水水拿来一张揉皱的报纸。一篇题为《脚手架上的时代壮歌——记环球建筑公司总经理王金良》的报道吸引住他的目光，王金良身穿西装、头戴安全帽、神采飞扬的照片更使他目瞪口呆。往事浮上眼前：15年前，孤儿王金良与水水偷偷恋爱．被当时的民兵队长吴二哥绑起来示众。当晚，王金良逃跑。可怜的姑娘水水日后不得已嫁给了一个跛子，忍气吞声度日。没想到15年后，王金良成了百万元的大老板。 经过村委会讨论决定，吴二哥决心说服水水，去请王金良这尊“财神”。他偷拿了老婆藏在枕头里的“棺材钱”，背着几天的干粮，和偷跑出来的水水上路了。 历尽千辛万苦，吴二哥和水水找到了王金良宽敞、气派的办公室。看到羸弱、憔悴的水水，王金良百感交加。他在酒店设宴款待吴二哥和水水，看着满桌的菜肴想起贫困的乡亲吴二哥咽不下去，他拿出黑乎乎的包谷粑粑，就着白水吃起来。 回到村里，水水照例又挨了跛子一顿打。吴二哥为讨王金良高兴，上山给王金良父母修坟摔断了手。 王金良终于带人回村考察，发现望鱼山上到处都有品质极佳的可作建筑材料的红色大理石。他在村里成立了“望鱼石材公司”，给村里大部分人都安排了工作，包括跛子，唯独没有吴二哥。 村长吴二哥显得更加苍老了，他蹲在斑驳的石碑下抽着烟，听着远处村民们修路的炮声，笑了。

　　一個靦腆的男孩與新搬過來的鄰居女孩一見鍾情，但是，他們慢慢地發現這個剛住進來的房子里有各種恐怖的鬼魂存在...

　　《白鴿計畫：台灣新電影二十年》蕭菊貞受釜山影展20週年特別企劃「紀錄片系列專題—亞洲電影的力量」之託，拍攝本片紀錄自台片票房復興，台灣電影工作者所面臨的困難，藉由一段段與台灣導演的訪談，爬梳台灣電影中所反映的社會脈動以及「國族認同」議題。
　　透過訪問導演、製片等電影各界人士，形塑出現今台灣電影的嶄新樣貌，更一窺電影從業人員對於電影的肺腑之言。另一方面，隨時代演變，觀眾對於台灣的想像日漸擴展，這片土地的觀眾似乎湧起一股渴求，希望看到與自身環境及土地相互連結的電影。對於這股新趨勢，身處新世代的導演們又將會如何應對？

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.