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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Criterion Collection)

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Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Criterion Collection)

By Drew C. Miller

Like many Cassavetes films, this unfolds most interestingly in the crawl spaces of its narrative, lingering alongside the actors as they struggle in the ensuing vacuousness. [20 January 2009]

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