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2046 (2004)

2046 (2004)

Wong Kar Wai’s 2046 was easily my most anticipated film at the Seattle International Film Festival. I had been waiting for this film for years (WKW is notably slow...

Linda
9 Songs (2004)

9 Songs (2004)

OK, everyone! Raise your hand if you are interested in seeing 9 Songs because of the musical performances of such hot bands as Franz Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,...

Linda
My Summer of Love (2004)

My Summer of Love (2004)

Despite its placement in assorted gay and lesbian film festivals, its heaps of accolades and shelf full of awards, this moody British drama doesn’t really reflect its title. It’s...

Vickie
Saving Face (2004)

Saving Face (2004)

“Wil” (Michelle Krusiec) is a young Chinese-America doctor who is thrown for a loop when her single mother (Joan Chen) announces she is pregnant, but will not reveal who...

Linda
Memento Mori (Yeogo goedam II) (1999)

Memento Mori (Yeogo goedam II) (1999)

Hyo-shin and Shi-eun are high school lovers, that share much of their passion through a shared diary that they pass between each other. But one day, Hyo-shin commits suicide...

Linda
Closer (2004)

Closer (2004)

It’s clear pretty much from the outset that all involved felt they were making A Big Important Drama and that dreams of Oscar danced in their heads, but the...

Vickie
Alfie (2004)

Alfie (2004)

Jude Law had six films on his resumé for 2004 (still to come were Closer, his cameo in The Aviator and his role as narrator for Lemony Snicket’s A...

Vickie
Arthur (1981)

Arthur (1981)

There I was, chewing a mouthful of dinner, when I was transported back to the early 80’s. It was the AFI 100 Years 100 Songs special that did it—song...

Jennifer
Picnic (1955)

Picnic (1955)

Picnic is a prime example of what happens when a bunch of ordinary people get together to celebrate the last day of summer under a full moon: everyone goes...

Linda
Wimbledon (2004)

Wimbledon (2004)

Wimbledon is one of those movies that is inoffensively pleasant and watchable, then leaves your mind as soon as you’ve finished it. There is nothing wrong with it, and...

Linda
Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) (2003)

Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) (2003)

Kenji (Tadanobu Asano, Twilight Samurai) is a Japanese library clerk in Bangkok. His work environment is as orderly and tidy as it is uninteresting, with fluorescent lights seemingly washing...

Linda
Touch of Pink (2004)

Touch of Pink (2004)

I have had the biggest crush on Jimi Mistry ever since he starred in The Guru, one of the funniest and most enjoyable movies of 2002. I heart Jimi...

Eric