Movie Review: THE WEDDING BANQUET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/18/2025
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Rating: R Stars: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung, Bobo Lee Writers: Andrew Ahn and James Schamus, based on the screenplay by Ang Lee & Neil Peng and James Schamus Director: Andrew Ahn Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: April 18, 2025 He’s gay. She’s a lesbian. He needs a green card. She needs IVF for her partner. They think they’ll have a small wedding to make it legal – and then his family gets involved. So goes the remake of THE WEDDING BANQUET. The first version, made in 1993, was directed by Ang […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GEMINI MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/04/2019
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Rating: PG-13 Stars: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Linda Emond Writers: David Benioff and Billy Ray and Darren Lemke, story by Darren Lemke and David Benioff Director: Ang Lee Distributor: Paramount Release Date: October 11, 2019 GEMINI MAN is shot at 120 frames per second, rather than the conventional 24 frames per second. When Peter Jackson tried something like this, at 48 frames a second for 2012’s THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, it gave the movie an unfortunate videotape look. However, the technology has clearly improved hugely since then. The combination of the 120 frames per second […]Read On »


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Profile: The rundown on Hollywood’s AFI FILM FESTIVAL 2012

By PAUL ZIMMERMAN 11/15/2012
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A proper, successful film festival these days needs a savvy combination of 1) Fresh Discoveries, 2) Unique Foreign Films, 3) a smattering of the Boldly Bizarre AND to get the crowds big enough to support all those mentioned, 4) Highbrow Hollywood Pictures. The 2012 AFI Film Festival held November 1st-08th worked all those elements into play with amazing ease. Now in its fourth year of just giving tickets away to screenings, the AFI Fest seems to have hit its groove. Screenings were right on Hollywood Blvd at the iconic Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the satellite cinemas Chinese 1-6 and the historic […]Read On »


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