Monday, March 16 2009
The Last Emperor
Maybe it takes a humanist like Bertolucci to see an emperor as an everyman, but anyone who has ever felt humbled by the heartlessness of fate can understand Pu Yi’s plight.
Tuesday, January 13 2009
Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008
Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.
Monday, June 9 2003
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
Wayne Wang portrays the challenges of forging an Asian American sexuality within a racialized politics of desire.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Big Trouble in Little China (1986/2001)
Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is the anti-hunk, the inverse of the pectorally endowed fighting machines typified by Stallone and Schwarzenegger.
