Pusan International Film Festival 2008: short reviews, part 1
APA catches a fraction of this year's Pusan International Film Festival. Part One includes reviews of Forever the Moment, 21 Lotus, and Service.
October 17th, 2008 ISSUE
Bharatnatyam Transformed
Back from a trip to South Africa, performing with the Surialanga dance company, Smitha Radhakrishnan finds that sometimes the greatest custodians of traditional Indian culture might not be who you'd expect.
Fallen, but not Forgotten
Eclipse's new Fallen Women DVD box set chronicles a lesser-known, but certainly not lesser, Mizoguchi.
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PIFF 2008: short reviews, part 2
Part Two includes reviews of Still Walking, Trivial Matters, and Winds of September.
PIFF 2008: short reviews, part 3
Part Three includes reviews of Sell Out!, Firaaq, and Ocean of an Old Man.
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2008: capsule reviews
APA made a quick trip to San Diego, and we were pleased to find pictures of Takeshi Kaneshiro all around, advertising this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival. But we didn't spend all our time staring, here are capsule reviews of some of the films that played this year.
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2008: short films
A glance at a few of the short film programs at this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival: gays, animation, and family, sometimes all at once!
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APA Top Ten: Joseph Kahn music videos
On the occasion of Britney Spears' new "Womanizer" video, APA recounts director Joseph Kahn's top ten music videos.
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October 17, 2008: News Bites
Hollywood takes on a Hindu epic, Sandra Oh goes from surgeon to shrink, and ABC gets sued for copying all those Japanese game shows. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
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October 17, 2008: News From Abroad
Veteran actor Ken Ogata passes away, Aravind Adiga picks up the Booker Prize, and BoA eyes US stardom. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.