Auteur in repose

Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang spends a solitary moment before the screening of his new film ‘Goodbye Dragon Inn’ at the Harvard Film Archive on Tuesday (Oct. 19). Tsai’s recurring themes are the isolated nature of individual lives, the rituals that are essential for survival, and the restorative power of love. ‘Goodbye Dragon Inn’ will be shown at the Brattle Theatre Friday through Sunday (Oct. 29-31).