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Daily Archives: August 7, 2022
Netflixable? Taiwanese mother considers whether to “Reclaim” the life she’s given up for others
The Taiwanese drama “Reclaim” is something of an upside down “Joy Luck Club.” It’s not about Chinese American immigrants, or daughters who come to realize all that their Chinese mothers went through to get them better lives. Writer-director CJ Wang … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Susannah York is losing it in Robert Altman’s “Images” (1972)
One of the stranger film’s of Robert Altman’s vagabond career, and perhaps the least “Altmanesque,” is a small-cast horror tale shot on an Irish location, barely released in the U.S. and “lost” for decades — supposedly because Columbia Pictures destroyed … Continue reading
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