February 9, 2006 ISSUE
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   COVER STORY
Palm Springs Film Festival Overview, Part Two: Sight and Sound
Part two of our ongoing film festival dialogues looks at how sound and image contribute to the success (and shortcomings) of Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times, Tsai Ming-liang's The Wayward Cloud, and Peter Chan's Perhaps Love.
True Lies: An Interview with Forbidden Warrior's Glen Hartford
Before Chen Kaige's the Promise, there was Forbidden Warrior. Except with a smaller budget, more Asian-American faces, and some even murkier historical waters. Screenwriter Glen Hartford explains.
Column: Letter from Japan (#5)
In his final installment before he makes the jump to television and music, our Japan correspondent Bryan Hartzheim assures us that Miyazaki's not the only animator in town.


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February 9, 2006

 

F A S H I O N
Give Me Thirteen Minutes
Read about the latest and greatest fashion, entertainment, food, travel, and more -- in Thirteen Minutes. This stylish and luxurious lifestyle magazine may well become the savvy Asian-American shopper's new Vogue.
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M U S I C
Shanghai Dreams
On paper, Dave Liang's Shanghai Restoration Project looks like a musicologist's wet dream and a pop music disaster. So how come we can't stop listening to it?
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T E L E V I S I O N
Family Ties
Margaret Cho's long-defunct All American Girl featured the usual sitcom blather, stereotyping and barely developed plotlines. Nevertheless, it remains the only show on television to ever feature an Asian ensemble cast. APA looks back at a flawed milestone.
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C L I P S
  
February 9, 2006: News Bites
Freida Lee Mock's Sundance success, Rufio stars alongside Antonio Banderas, Margaret Cho and George Takei team up, Houston Film Festival needs more Asian-Americans. This and much more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
  
February 9, 2006: News From Abroad
Korean film industry gets reimbursed, former Phillipine bigshot on the rebound, Bryan Adams goes to Pakistan, and the Chinese New Year kicks off with Shopaholics. All this and more in the latest edition of News From Abroad.
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