Yi Yi (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

With the runaway international acclaim of this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema's best-kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJ's tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang imbues every gorgeous frame with a deft, humane clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.

Starring: Chen Xisheng, Wu Nien-Chen, Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Chen Hsi-Sheng, Ko Su-Yun, Xiao Shushen, Adrian Lin, Chang Yupang, Hsu Shu Yuan, Nianzhen Wu, Tang Ru-yun, Issey Ogata

Director: Joseph Merhi, Naoko Tsukeda, Richard Pepin, Shinya Kawai