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Brian Hu
brianhu@international.ucla.edu
Brian Hu joined the Asia Pacific Arts staff in December 2004 and became co-managing editor in 2006. He specializes in Asian cinemas, but secretly wants to write about pop music. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Film, TV, and Digital Media at UCLA, and has a B.A. from UC Berkeley.
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Articles by Brian Hu
APA Top Ten: Jay Chou Martial Arts Moments
It's official: Jay Chou is the next Kato. What does this mean for Jay and Green Hornet fans alike? APA runs down Jay Chou's top 10 martial arts moments to see why we should be both excited and a little worried.
Published on: 8/14/2009
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Park Chan-wook's Insatiable Thirst
At Cannes this year, Park Chan-wooks Thirst won a Jury Prize and elicited a lot of confused anguish. It deserved both.
Published on: 7/17/2009
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APA Top Ten: Asian movies about the worlds of kids
On the occasion of So Yong Kim's latest film Treeless Mountain, APA looks back on some of the best Asian films about children and the worlds they inhabit.
Published on: 5/22/2009
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Keeping Honest: an interview with Winds of September director Tom Lin Shu-yu
Golden Horse-winning director Tom Lin Shu-yu talks to Asia Pacific Arts about turning high school memories into his acclaimed first feature Winds of September.
Published on: 5/1/2009
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Keeping Honest: an interview with Winds of September director Tom Lin Shu-yu (Part 2)
Golden Horse-winning director Tom Lin Shu-yu talks to Asia Pacific Arts about turning high school memories into his acclaimed first feature Winds of September.
Published on: 5/1/2009
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HKIFF 2009: A Place of One's Own and No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Two new films from Taiwan take to the streets, not via protest in any traditional sense, but by thrusting us into the absurdities of land ownership in Taiwan today.
Published on: 4/17/2009
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HKIFF 2009: Capsule Reviews
APA's coverage on 2009's Hong Kong International Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Night and Fog, The Shinjuku Incident, and The Beast Stalker.
Published on: 4/17/2009
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HKIFF 2009: Overview
APA's coverage of the 2009 Hong Kong Film Festival includes capsule reviews, a running commentary, and a photo slideshow from the Ashes of Time Redux gala red carpet.
Published on: 4/17/2009
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SFIAAFF 2009: An interview with Karma Calling director Sarba Das
Director Sarba Das talks about growing up with feet in two cultures, translating that biculturalism into a transnational call-center comedy, and then finding an audience in India.
Published on: 4/17/2009
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A Celebration of Asian Cinema, Hong Kong-style
The 3rd annual Asian Film Awards once again did justice to the difficult task of celebrating the best in Asian cinema.
Published on: 4/3/2009
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Keeping the faith: previewing the 2009 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
One of our favorite festivals of the year, SFIAAFF 2009 brings a Kiyoshi Kurosawa tribute, a discussion with Ang Lee, and a plethora of work from promising Asian American filmmakers.
Published on: 3/6/2009
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Villains Bleed from the Mouth, Die By Her Hand
Chocolate's skull-shattering heroine Jeeja Yanin belongs to a stately tradition of female ass-kickers in Asian cinema.
Published on: 2/20/2009
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APA Top 10: "Poverty Porn" in Asian Cinema
Controversy is a given whenever an Asian filmmaker wins awards abroad for films about the slums, the oppressed, or the depraved. APA lists ten notable lightning rods for dissent.
Published on: 2/6/2009
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Responses to Cape No. 7: Overheard at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
For better or worse, the beloved film Cape No. 7 has represented the hope for Taiwanese cinema. But what if nobody outside Taiwan likes it?
Published on: 1/23/2009
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Best of 2008: Taiwanese Films
2008 was the year Taiwanese audiences started caring about the domestic film industry again. But there are plenty of other reasons to celebrate.
Published on: 1/2/2009
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Getting Blurry Over Blu
For many films, the upgrade to Blu-ray won't make a drastic difference. For intensely visual ones like Chungking Express and The Last Emperor (both new releases from the Criterion collection), it brings new surprises.
Published on: 12/12/2008
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Golden Horse Film Festival 2008: Hong Kong films
With Hong Kong cinema slowly fading from the festival and art house scene in the West, it's nice that a film festival like Golden Horse can catch us up on 12 months of star vehicles, flying vehicles, and a stalled jalopy on the way to nowhere.
Published on: 12/12/2008
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Taipei Film Commision Debuts
The city of Taipei recently established a long-overdue film commission, headed by former film producer Jennifer Jao.
Published on: 11/14/2008
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7 Reflections on Cape No. 7
Taiwan has Cape fever, with critics, distributors, and government officials in a frenzy over how an obscure local musical became box office legend. APA throws in its seven cents.
Published on: 10/31/2008
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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.
Published on: 10/17/2008
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Pusan International Film Festival 2008: short reviews, part 2
APA catches a fraction of this year's Pusan International Film Festival. Part Two includes reviews of Still Walking, Trivial Matters, and Winds of September.
Published on: 10/17/2008
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Pusan International Film Festival: More than a festival
PIFF isn't just a place to see films; one can also find a community of filmmakers, policymakers, financiers, and everyday movie lovers. And with everyone watching, South Korea makes sure PIFF shines.
Published on: 10/17/2008
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After This Our Disappointment
Pak Tong Cheuk's very good Chinese-language study of the Hong Kong New Wave becomes a welcome, though far from perfect, English edition from Intellect Books.
Published on: 10/3/2008
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CJ7 on Blu-ray: Alien Tongues
The Blu-ray disc for Stephen Chow's CJ7 offers a generous set of audio options. But which is the original?
Published on: 8/22/2008
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Kurosawa's Cinematic High
The Criterion Collection re-issues Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece of style and suspense, High and Low.
Published on: 7/25/2008
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