Oh Beautiful girls (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Name : Maggie Cheung Full Name : Cheung Man-yuk Profession : Actress Country : Hong Kong (China), UK Date of Birth : 20th September 1964 Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning actress from Hong Kong. Cheung spent part of her childhood and adolescence in the United Kingdom. Upon her return...
Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
This is the first of a series of posts that will commemorate the decade that was (or will soon be was!?). Each few days I will name my choices for the best films of each particular year in the aforementioned decade that will soon be a was. This will culminate just after the new year with my list of the 50 greatest films of the decade. So without further ado I give you the year 2000. 1. In the Mood...
Lux Lotus (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
My aunt is looking for two chairs to go next to her fireplace in her home in Virginia, and wants something with a vintage feel to go with her "comfortable, traditional" style in muted browns, reds, neutrals. I said I'd...
Girish (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Just as they did ten years ago , James Quandt and TIFF Cinematheque ( née Cinematheque Ontario) have conducted a worldwide poll of film curators, archivists, historians and programmers for best ("most important") films of the decade (scroll down for the compiled list). It's a heady and wonderful list that militates unashamedly and polemically for film as art . There are 54 films on...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
I love slow movies. Really slow. For the longest time I thought everyone else considered that word to signify the worst in movies. Slow meant bad enough to put you to sleep. I love movies that put me to sleep. I’ve a whole collection of movies that I can pop in the DVD player whenever I can’t sleep and they’ll do the trick. If we can agree that music peaceful enough to put you to...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century has been named the best film of the decade in a critics poll by the Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque . The movie that was censored in Thailand continues to be hailed by critics worldwide. In fact, three of Apichatpong's films are on the list. His 2004 Cannes Jury Prize-winning drama Tropical Malady is at No. 6, and 2003's Cannes Un...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century, was selected as the best film of the decade in a poll conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival....
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It seems Canada's national paper, The Globe and Mail , has been busy talking to film programmers, historians and archivists lately. They have put together a list of films that have played at the Toronto International Film Festivals in the past 10 years that garnered 7 or more votes from their 60 voters to declare "The Top Films of the Decade" from a artier perspective than say, the typical...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
You know the word deadline and Wong Kar-Wai weren't meant to be put in the same sentence, but it's good to know that the wheels are finally in motion. As it's been widely announced before, we're dealing with another story about the legendary Wing Chun pioneer played by Donnie Yen in 葉問 (Ip Man) , but with Wong at the helm you know things will be a little different. 一代宗师...
The Ed Techie (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It has often occurred to me that TV companies don't make enough of their content, particularly in relation to films. You will often come across a truly great film either sandwiched inbetween soap operas or tucked away at midnight on...
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
How did Sach O get home last night? Bass. How low can you go? Plenty low apparently because after two continuous nights of getting my chest caved in by pounding sub-frequencies while imbibing a pirate’s share of rum, I can assuredly say I need a slight reprieve from Dubstep and its siblings. Captain Morgan [...]
Media Studies @ CCC (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Here is the clip from "In The Mood For Love" that I used to demonstrate the importance of colour, lighting and sound. This scene is so powerful. Please try to see the whole film and its sequel "2046" if you can. Wong Kar-Wai is an amazingly talented director. There is an interesting essay about the film "In The Mood For Love" here ! media @ ccc
AUS style (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A shipment of some rather hipster books I ordered arrived on my doorstep yesterday. The first is Lesley Arfin's Dear Diary which, after reading a review about in either Russh Or Yen ages ago, I have been meaning to get my hands on. I don't enjoy Lesley's column for Russh immensely but I'm quite sure her life 'experience' as documented in this book should be interesting enough. Lesley lives in Brooklyn...
theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
At the summit, it was like one big happy family sitting down and playing the popular card game Happy Families. Clinton Lim, ST forum page Related Posts “Singaporeans are a happy lot” reports CNA – using 3-year old survey results Happy new year! We will be back… “Like the Wong Kar Wai film, Happy Together: Banned Together!” Related Posts “Singaporeans are a...
Tativille (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The past ten years have not been the strongest internationally in the history of the art form. Certainly, as with the previous, vaunted decade-and-a-half, wherein notably Iran and the new cinemas of the Chinese world emerged, vital and compelling art has come from unexpected places: in the present decade, Argentina, Germany, Romania and Southeast Asia have all developed into new epicenters of the medium....
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anila123 | 03/02/2009
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Wong Kar Wai's Ashes of Time Redux on DVD March 3rd, and we've got an exclusive clip from a bonus feature in which the cast and crew discuss the complex story. more
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