Lang Lang Takes Effect
Another Lang Lang performance, another group of Chinese kids who want to learn the piano and emulate his piano-playing dramatics. The twenty-six-year-old legend takes the stage at UCLA Live.
November 14, 2008 ISSUE
Mr. Magician in Need of New Tricks
While elaborate costumes and visual effects may provide good distractions on his new album Capricorn, Jay Chou needs some new tricks to keep center stage.
To Be Young is To Be Free: Princess of Nebraska
Fresh yet predictable, Wayne Wang's free-floating digital poem drinks from a familiar fountain of youth.
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AFI 2008: Slumdog Millionaire • capsules one • two
November 14, 2008
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D V D
Speed Racer on Blu-ray: Driven by ambition
The Wachowksi brothers' ambitious retuning of Speed Racer sputters plotwise, but vrooms visually. The Blu-ray's mileage will vary from person to person.
F I L M
Taipei Film Commision Debuts
The city of Taipei recently established a long-overdue film commission, headed by former film producer Jennifer Jao.
T O P T E N
APA Top Ten: Social Change in Asian Film
Riding the Obama high, we recount our favorite Asian films that inspire hope or depict progressive political upheaval.
C L I P S
November 14, 2008: News Bites
Maya Lin explores different Wave Fields, Slumdog Millionaire goes public, and Spielberg and Will Smith have decided it's time to play Oldboy. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
F O R E I G N
November 14th, 2008: News From Abroad
Deepa Mehta adapts Midnight Children, Japan turns Sideways, and Tulpan takes home another award. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.