Carnival of Seoul
Yu Hua's gang saga A Dirty Carnival impresses with old fashioned storytelling and some self-reflexive trickery.
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June 13th, 2008 ISSUE
A Walk Through Banglatown
Smitha Radhakrishnan contemplates the controversy surrounding Brick Lane's representation of the Bangladeshi community in London.
Searching for Megumi Yokata
Independent Lens's Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story looks at the human toll of political entanglement.
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June 13, 2008
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Typhoon Blows
Kwak Kyung-taek's Typhoon tackles 21st century political intrigue by channeling Hollywood -- and not in a good way.
C L I P S
June 13, 2008: News Bites
An ImaginAsian dominated by Bollywood, Hugh Grant can't understand Zhang Ziyi, and Mike Shinoda gives birth to glorious excess. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
F O R E I G N
June 13, 2008: News From Abroad
IIFAA cheers Chak De!, celebrities pay tribute to victims, and Ghost in the Shell re-emerges. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.