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The Fruit Hunters Yung Chang Published Nov 16, 2012Most people seeking a piece of fruit know it's as simple as stopping by their local grocery store to find what they're looking for. Citizen...
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10+10 Published Nov 13, 2012Commissioned by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 10+10 is a short film anthology intended to speak of "the uniqueness of Taiwan" to ce...
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Cha Cha For Twins Jim Wang & Yi-Chien Yang Published Nov 11, 2012Far too twee and naive to inspire actual anger, Jim Wang and Yi-Chien Yang's feature film debut, Cha Cha For Twins, is exceedingly novice de...
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Seeking Asian Female Debbie Lum Published Nov 11, 2012I've always considered the term "yellow fever" to border on the realm of racial slurs, yet, apparently, it's widely used in North America to...
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Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings Tadashi Nakamura Published Nov 09, 2012Hawaii-born Jake Shimabukuro, known worldwide for his mastery of the ukulele, was given the instrument at the age of four by his musically i...
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Hometown Boy Yao Hung-I Published Nov 07, 2012As one of the most respected artists in China, Liu Xiaodong has become a leading figure in a generation of Chinese painters interested in pr...
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It May Be that Beauty has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi Philippe Grandieux Published Nov 06, 2012Most active as a director in the late '60s and early '70s, before joining the Japanese Red Army and heading off to Lebanon, Masao Adachi des...
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Tatsumi Eric Khoo Published Nov 06, 2012In making a documentary about Japanese manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, director Eric Khoo has immersed his work in the aesthetic environment...
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Stateless Things Kim Kyung-mook Published Nov 06, 2012If one's in a charitable mood, indulgence can be read as artfulness. Stateless Things is the type of film some viewers will pretend to think...
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Floating City Yim Ho Published Nov 05, 2012New Wave Hong Kong director Yim Ho has a wide array of titles under his belt. Having come to prominence in the '80s, he's racked up film fe...
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Architecture 101 Yong-joo Lee Published Nov 04, 2012Architecture 101 is a thoughtful, tender film about many things—nostalgia, memory, time, longing and connection—though ostensibl...