SFIAAFF 2008: Asian American films
The 26th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival isn't over yet, but here's our report on some of the Asian American titles screened thus far.
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March 21, 2008 ISSUE
Donnie Yen's Hot Flashes
Flash Point may be stylish and hormonally explosive when it needs to be, but despite the thrilling final showdown, the film is more a crisis of Hong Kong cinema than a breakthrough.
Vampires and Chiropterans
The Blood + series, now out on DVD, skips the extraneous and satisfies an audience thirsty for diverse characters and entertaining plot twists.
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March 21, 2008
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Gaudi and Hi(roshi)
A new DVD of Hiroshi Teshigahara's Antonio Gaudi puts two men's art on display.
Innocent Until Proven Groper
Masayuki Suo's I Just Didn't Do It gives the audience a moving performance by Ryo Kase as well as a thought-provoking look into Japan's legal system.
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March 21, 2008: News Bites
The Chaser catches Hollywood, Margaret Cho back on TV, and George Takei, country music star. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
F O R E I G N
March 21, 2008: News From Abroad
Winter Sonata in anime, China wants their own Ugly Betty, and fashion reports from around the globe. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.