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Articles tagged "joan chen"PopMatters Pick TV DVD ReviewTwin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Editionby Stuart Henderson[29.Nov.07] :. With crisp performances throughout (especially from Kyle MacLachlan, in a role he was born to play), unforgettable settings and cinematography, and inventive, uncompromising scripts from episode to episode, Twin Peaks makes for uncommonly rewarding repeat viewings. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewLust, Caution (Se, jie)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Oct.07] :. The primary question in Lust, Caution (Se, jie) is: "What is real?"  Film ReviewSaving Face (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.05] :. The center of Alice Wu's debut film, Saving Face, Wil is both driven and dutiful.  Film ReviewAutumn in New York (2000)by Cynthia FuchsEveryone in the film can see that pairing a 48-year-old womanizer with a 22-year-old girl dying from a sketchy illness 'of the heart' is lame, not to mention derivative, unpleasant, and pathetic. Film ReviewAutumn in New York (2000)by Anne DaughertyWhile watching Autumn in New York, I was struck by its parallel to the Clinton-Lewinsky business. There are superficial similarities, especially in the lead players — a powerful 50-ish...  Film ReviewWhat’s Cooking? (2000)by Stephen TropianoWhat’s Cooking? opens with a photograph of a white, All-American-looking family gathered around a Thanksgiving turkey. As the camera zooms out, we discover the image is an advertisement... Xiu Xiu, the Sent Down Girl (1999)by Cynthia FuchsBoys and girls are dressed alike, singing in unison, sitting rapt before a movie screen that shows glorious war footage, the triumph of good over evil. These early images in Joan Chen's debut feature, Xiu Xiu, the Sent Down Girl, set the scene i |
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