As American as Apple Pie
In the midst of her book tour for Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Jennifer 8. Lee sits down to talk about Americans' taste for Chinese food and book publishers' distaste for child porn.
April 4, 2008 ISSUE
A Taste of Jodhaa Akbar
Smitha Radhakrishnan watches Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan's latest film and realizes that eye candy that lasts this long is much too sweet.
Tangled up in Blue
Wong Kar-wai's first serving of American pie uses the same recipe, but different ingredients, with mixed results.
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April 4, 2008
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Historically Speaking
Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's documentary Nanking exposes historical tragedy, but relies on awkward acting in order to inform the Western perspective.
SFIAAFF 2008: "3rd i South Asian International Shorts" program
Legacies and ruptures characterize this year's selection of short films from South Asia.
SFIAAFF 2008: "Actually, Love" short film program
The potentially obnoxious "Actually, Love" program of short films turned out to be actually, gratifying.
SFIAAFF 2008: "Memory Arcade" shorts program
"Memory Arcade" offers a staggering variety of ways to examine and interpret the perception of memory.
C L I P S
April 4, 2008: News Bites
JabbaWockeeZ defeat Status Quo, Jhumpa Lahiri releases a new short story collection, and Shu Qi loves New York. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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April 4, 2008: News From Abroad
India and Pakistan watch Race, Yasukuni creates controversy in Japan, and Bollywood predicts the future state of love. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.