The Nineties Taipei club scene is the main character in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 2001 dream, in which bartender Vicky reflects on past lives at the turn of the century. Caught between two exes, she floats slo-mo in a pulsating techno trance. For fans of Wong Kar-wai or Tsai Ming-liang, this is essential slow cinema drenched in saturated color that demands a theatre viewing, illustrating a particularly 21st century ennui. – Lina Fisher
