‘Girl’ Review: Taiwanese Star Shu Qi Makes a Heartfelt But Scrappy Directorial Debut

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman, but always it’s hard to be a girl in Taiwanese star Shu Qi’s sincere but unwieldy directorial debut “Girl.” Tracing a few turbulent months in the life of a Taipei schoolgirl in the late 1980s, the film witnesses how, under cover of her docility, she gathers the strength […]