A key work of 2000s Taiwanese queer cinema, Eternal Summer still carries the ache of first love like a bruise that never quite fades. Jonathan and Shane have been bound together since childhood: one dutiful, watchful, quietly in love; the other restless, magnetic, unable to name what keeps pulling them close. When Carrie enters, the triangle that forms comes as a slow reckoning, each of them circling a desire they cannot admit. Leste Chen's 2006 feature gives us a portrait of youth romance as restless and unsayable, all blue-lit longing and raw feeling held a beat too long. Joseph Chang Hsiao-chuan's star-making performance earned Golden Horse nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best New Performer.