September 7, 2006 ISSUE
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COVER STORY
The Boys of Summer
With pomp and poetry, the quirky Cut-Sleeve Boys opens doors in the international film festival environment for Britain's gay Chinese scene.
It's Been a Hell of a History
The Criterion Collection's latest special edition DVD is a heaven-sent taste of Hell.
Not Without My Elephant!
Tony Jaa's The Protector sheds 25 minutes and tramples its way into American theaters as one of the most delirious martial arts movies in recent years. Could the Weinsteins have been right all along?


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September 7, 2006


M U S I C
  
Part of the A-Nation
APA Japan correspondent gives us a play-by-play as Avex Trax's 2006 summer festival, A-nation, wraps up in Tokyo.
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Surrender to the J-Pop
Ten plus years into a successful singing career, Amuro Namie is still a crowd pleaser, convincing APA concert critic Anne Lee that she is still the queen of hip-hop and forever a J-pop diva.
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C L I P S
  
September 7, 2006: News Bites
Yunjin Kim makes TV Guide history; Chicago interprets maladies; Tony Jaa back in theaters; and that's right, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching films about beer do exist. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
  
September 7, 2006: News From Abroad
John Woo casts his next epic, Chinese filmmaker banned, legendary Bollywood director dies, and Japanese drag is hot again. All this and more in the latest edition of News From Abroad.
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