The Butterflies Return
Li Han-hsiang's record-breaking, award-winning classic The Love Eterne, made by Shaw Brothers in 1963, emerges over 40 years later to a very different crowd. It screens at the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Aug. 14.
August 4, 2005 ISSUE
Next Issue: Thursday, August 18, 2005
Next Issue: Thursday, August 18, 2005
Column: The Taipei Beat (#3)
The surging popularity of anime in America is attracting more and more avid fans every year as evidenced by the growing crowds at Anime Expo. But the fervor of fans, who dress up and masquerade as their favorite characters, is what sets conventions like the AX and anime apart from more casual entertainments. SEE MORE»
(Un)Amazing Grace
What do an activist, a lesbian and a pastor's wife all have in common? Apparently, they're all named Grace Lee, and they're all part of the world's most baffling mystery: who the heck is Grace Lee? SEE MORE»
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August 4, 2005
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More than just a 'Little Boy'
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture offers surprise, cuteness, emotion, history, and anything else you could possibly want from art. The New York City Japan Society's most recent exhibition featured a variety of unconventional media that tell you more about contemporary Japanese culture than a history book ever could.
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August 4, 2005: News Bites
MTV unsheaths its global sword, Kayo Hatta passes away, Grace Lee honored at Asian-American International Festival, Tsunami Song perpetrator gets second chance, and much, much more in this edition of News Bites.
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August 4, 2005: News From Abroad
Lucas' masterplan in Asia, Three Kingdoms hits a snag, Drew Barrymore new face of Korea?, the similarities between Jay Chou and Jet Li, and much more in this edition of News From Abroad.