Drunken Master Meets Yakuza Apprentice
The war is over, and that means filth, crime, sickness, prostitution, booze, heroism, sacrifice, Shimura, Mifune, and Kurosawa.
December 14, 2007 ISSUE
On the Dilemmas of Artistic (Con)Fusion: Music
Smitha Radhakrishnan gives us a sampling of Indian music over the years -- classical, film, and diasporic -- in Part Two of her series on artistic fusion.
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
What does Asian American art look like? One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, an exhibition put on by Asia Society at UC Berkeley's Museum of Art, playfully and powerfully answers: "Anything we want it to be."
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December 14, 2007
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Crash Landing
Izuru Narushima's Midnight Eagle descends upon American theaters and fails to soar above mediocrity.
C L I P S
December 14, 2007: News Bites
Arnel Pineda scores the ultimate gig, watercolorist Jake Lee gets his due, and Nanking arrives in theaters. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
F O R E I G N
December 14, 2007: News From Abroad
Lust, Caution and Home Song Stories take home precious metals, Khiladi becomes the gift that keeps on giving, and Hollywood gets nothing but coal from China this holiday season. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.