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Co-Deputy Editor, Film Comment Magazine
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By Devika Girish Verified| The New York Times Verified Stream it on Netflix. The Taiwanese director John Hsu's rollicking horror-comedy raked in awards, raves and strong box-office numbers last year for very good reason. Set in a world where ghosts compete to get haunting licenses, which allow them to stay on among the living and avoid permanently fading away, "Dead Talents Society" marries the gonzo style of "Beetlejuice" with the interpersonal antics and conflicts of the best backstage dramas.
By Devika Girish Verified| Film Comment Magazine Verified This article appeared in the March 28, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. I Like Okinawa Sweet (Chikako Yamashiro, 2004). Courtesy the artist and Yumiko Chiba Associates. There is something unsettlingly liminal about Chikako Yamashiro’s work. The Okinawan artist’s videos take place, for the most part, on thresholds of one kind or another: graveyards, fences, shores, national borders.
By Devika Girish Verified| The New York Times Verified Stream it on Netflix. The Taiwanese director John Hsu's rollicking horror-comedy raked in awards, raves and strong box-office numbers last year for very good reason. Set in a world where ghosts compete to get haunting licenses, which allow them to stay on among the living and avoid permanently fading away, "Dead Talents Society" marries the gonzo style of "Beetlejuice" with the interpersonal antics and conflicts of the best backstage dramas.
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Film Comment Magazine
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