Monday, August 30 2004

Twisted: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'I'd been wanting to make a film noir in San Francisco for many years,' says Philip Kaufman, 'And the closest I'd come was Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'"

Thursday, February 26 2004

Twisted (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Jess identifies with her dead mother but also takes up her father's professional aggression, not so much to right wrongs as discover them.

Monday, June 9 2003

Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)

By Oliver Wang

Wayne Wang portrays the challenges of forging an Asian American sexuality within a racialized politics of desire.

Monday, March 31 2003

Black Sash

By Cynthia Fuchs

What makes these kids primo WB material is their emotional intensity and, no small thing, their incessant desire to talk about same.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Romeo Must Die (2000)

By Elena Razlagova

A car drives through a bridge and dark city streets, passing the freeway sign 'East Bay Bridge, Oakland' on the way. A blasting hip-hop soundtrack accompanies opening film credits in overlapping English and Chinese characters.

Romeo Must Die (2000)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Andrzej Bartkowiak's current film Romeo Must Die, which features the incredible martial arts skills of Jet Li, left me a little depressed.

Romeo Must Die (2000)

By Jonathan Beller

Andrzej Bartkowiak's current film Romeo Must Die, which features the incredible martial arts skills of Jet Li, left me a little depressed.