Two much-ballyhooed new releases arrive this week, but I was more taken with a lower-profile film that is Taiwan’s submission for Best International Feature consideration at the Oscars this year. Left-Handed Girl is the first solo feature directed by Shih-Ching Tsou, who co-directed a strong NYC immigrant drama (Take Out) two decades ago with Sean Baker, and since has produced several of his movies, including the breakouts Tangerine and The Florida Project. He co-wrote and edited the long-aborning Girl, which was apparently in the works at least as early as 2012, delayed by funding issues. Hopefully its stellar reception to date will mean a much shorter wait for her next project.

After living in the countryside for several years, Shu-Fen (Janet Tsai) is returning with her two daughters to

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