March 30, 2006 ISSUE
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Column: Letter from Japan (#7)
In the current edition of Letter from Japan, Bryan Hartzheim explains why the manga "Nana" is right for all the wrong reasons.


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March 30, 2006

 
SFIAAFF Interview with Georgia Lee: Noise from the Cusp
APA caught up with filmmaker Georgia Lee to discuss festival politics and programming, distribution, and the perceived gayness of her film "Red Doors."
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SFIAAFF Interview with Julia Kwan: My So-Called Life
Julia Kwan has been setting the film festival circuit ablaze with her feature-length debut "Eve and the Fire Horse." APA spoke to her about the issue of authenticity, both cultural and emotional, as well as the concept of "universal specificity."
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SFIAAFF Interview with Mora Stephens: Caught in the Crossfire
Director Mora Stephens discusses the making of her Independent Spirit Award-winning film "The Conventioneers" -- an opposites-attract love story that captures the simmering intensity and underlying resentment of our current red/blue political divide.
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SFIAAFF Capsule Film Reviews
APA runs through a few of the hits and misses at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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SFIAAFF overview: Notes from the Overground
APA film critics Brian Hu and Chi Tung chew the fat over authenticity, community, and Asian male sexuality at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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C L I P S
 
March 30, 2006: News Bites
Wong Kar-Wai teams up with Norah Jones; Brokeback's DVD release date pushed up; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon makes its Broadway debut. This and much more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
 
March 30, 2006: News From Abroad
The return of Mulan, Vietnamese rockers, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, and more rule the headlines in the latest edition of News From Abroad.
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