APA Top Ten: Hot Asian Actors Hollywood Doesn't Yet Realize It Needs
On the occasion of Daniel Henney's debut in Hollywood's summer blockbuster scene, APA counts down the top ten Asian actors who were born to seduce American audiences.
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May 1, 2009 ISSUE
Japan Film Festival 2009: capsule reviews
This year's Japan Film Festival of Los Angeles brought selections including The Sky Crawlers, Blitzkrieg Bop, A Long Walk, Vacation, Funuke: Show Some Love You Losers!, and more.
Keeping Honest: interview with director Tom Lin Shu-yu
Golden Horse-winning director Tom Lin Shu-yu talks about turning high school memories into his acclaimed first feature Winds of September.
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May 1, 2009
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The Naming of Lions and Tigers: Nagisa Oshima blurs the edges
Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses and Empire of Passion are two sides of the same breathtaking blur between the pornographic and the artful.
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Report from Bangkok: Khan Kluay 2 and Sassy Players
Instead of exploring the reasons behind Bangkok's state of emergency (that's what our sister publication AsiaMedia is for), APA's traveling managing editor decided to hide in a movie theater and be reminded of why "Thais must support Thais."
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May 1, 2009: News Bites
Anoop bids Idol farewell, The White Tiger finds a Hollywood adapter, and Fast & Furious keeps on truckin'. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
F O R E I G N
May 1, 2009: News From Abroad
Lou Ye is un-banned (sort of), Tsuyoshi Kusanagi learns that public nudity doesn't help sell digital TV advertisements, and Bollywood's Feroz Khan leaves behind a legacy. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.