May 25, 2006 ISSUE Next Issue: Thursday, June 8, 2006
COVER STORY
Opening the floodgates to India's past: Deepa Mahta's "Water"
Not too hot, not too cold, Deepa Mahta's Water is just the right film, at the right time -- even if most of India disagrees with her.
Column: Letter from Japan (#9)
Nihilistic urges, not-giving-a-hoot, hero complexes -- these kids are not alright, argues Bryan Hartzheim in his review of "Scrap Heaven."
Killing us softly: Lady Vengeance goes through the motions
Third time's the charm? Not so for Park Chan-wook, who can't quite finish what he started in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, his concluding chapter to the Revenge Trilogy.
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C L I P S
May 25, 2006: News Bites
Will Bombay bomb again?; Chadha does Dallas; M.I.A. gets detained; the Keith Tamashiro benefit concert. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
May 25, 2006: News From Abroad
Ang Lee's new espionage flick; it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman in Bollywood; Nikkei Asia is all about the youth; Cannes 2006. All this and more in the May 25th, 2006 edition of News From Abroad.
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