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Alex Zhang Hungtai

Alex Zhang Hungtai

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Biography

Alex Zhang Hungtai (born September 4, 1980) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician and actor. In addition to his given name, he makes music under the names Last Lizard and Dirty Beaches.

Known For

Mountain Woman
7.0

Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing.

Mountain Woman

2023
Nest
6.7

A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.

Nest

2022
Godland
6.8

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

Godland

2022
I Was a Simple Man
6.1

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

I Was a Simple Man

2021
The People Garden
3.6

Sweetpea searches for her missing rock star boyfriend Jamie in a forest in Japan.

The People Garden

2016
We're Still Together
N/A

Chris can't get along with anyone. When he's attacked in the street Bobby, a manic single dad, jumps in. The two set out into the Montreal night together crashing parties, meeting girls, and eventually seeing Bobby's estranged daughter - Chris soon discovers that the underside to Bobby's charm is a self-destructive streak. Over the course of the night, as they come to know each other they try not to lose themselves.

We're Still Together

2016
Dream Team
N/A

In this absurdist homage to '90s basic cable TV thrillers, two hot INTERPOL agents uncover an international, interspecies mystery.

Dream Team

2024
Who Is Arthur Chu?
6.5

Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.

Who Is Arthur Chu?

2017
Chop My Money
6.6

A day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo. Featuring music by Dirty Beaches.

Chop My Money

2015
Souvenirs
N/A

A friend-for-hire balances his time with his eclectic clientele as he prepares for his most involved assignment to date: becoming a father.

Souvenirs

2022
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6.2

A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.

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2017
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TWO MILES EAST is a film essay that revisits a tragic F/A-18 jet crash in San Diego to contemplate our civilian relationship with the military and re-examine the suburban dream.

TWO MILES EAST

2019
August at Akiko's
5.5

A saxophonist who grew up in Hawaii returns to the state and stays at a Buddhist bed and breakfast.

August at Akiko's

2018
Rituals of Resistance
N/A

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Rituals of Resistance

2019
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N/A

Jesse drives to the coast to be alone with the memory of his wife – a weekend haunted by apparitions and a chance encounter.

Even in the Wind

2024
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8.0

Portrait of a waterpark.

Waterpark

2013