On Sunday July 1st, Owl and the Sparrow (Cu va Chim Se Se) (USA, Vietnam 2007) won the audience award for narrative feature at the 2007 LA Film Festival. Set in Vietnam, Stephane Gauger’s drama tells the story of 10-year-old Thuy who runs away to Saigon and lives on the streets there. The LA Film [...]

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Nantarat Sawaddikul in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century
If the 2007 L.A. Film Festival was porn, then for me Syndromes and a Century from Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul was the money shot. This is why I bought tickets for a bunch of movies I’d never heard of before. This is why I drove back and forth [...]

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