Ho Lin
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Colossal Youth (2006, Dir. Pedro Costa) “When they give us white rooms, we’ll stop seeing these things.” — Ventura, Colossal Youth Sometimes I find that the more I get into…
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The tone was set as I stood in line for my first viewing of the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival at the Museum of Modern Art: A middle-aged couple…
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It’s Only Talk (2005, Dir. Ryuichi Hiroki) “There is no trace of chic in Kamata.” — Shinobu Terashima One of my favorite films from the 2005 SF International Film Festival…
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Dragon Boys (2006, Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti): Andrea Jiang: You’re out there on the front line, stamping out the yellow peril. These guys threaten how you see yourself, so you’re out…
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Summer Palace (2006, Dir. Lou Ye) I knew when I first met you that we were standing on the same side of the world. — Yu Hong, Summer Palace It’s…
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“Yellow is a difficult color to wear.” It was the first Saturday of the 25th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and I heard these words from the couple…
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Inland Empire (2007, Dir. David Lynch): Wake up and find out what the hell yesterday was about. I’m not too keen on tomorrow, and today’s slipping by. — Nikki Grace,…
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The Painted Veil (2006, Dir. John Curran)Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there, And it but mimic all we would…
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Maybe it’s because it’s that time of year when we celebrate giving and empathy for those less fortunate; maybe it’s because such sincerity demands an ironic, clear-eyed counterbalance of tragedy…
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Babel (2006, Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu): Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad…