Yi Yi (Criterion Collection)With the runaway international acclaim of this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema's best kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly follows a middle class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle aged father NJ's tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang

second movement characteristically expressive and full of the artist's noble warmth

Joel Brandon

Nightmare at Noon is a non-stop adrenaline pumping thrill ride

All the pieces in the program are contrafacta

and with all the grace

about and for women

this was his first time back since his revered Quartet bid farewell there in 2006

Fuckin Whatever was born

the princess's beloved suitor Ahmad and the strong and handsome thief Abu use magic to help the king regain power

often backing visiting US Blues artists such as John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf

elegant late sonata (1921)

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