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Wuhan Wuhan

By Kyle Bain | September 2021

LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In late 2019, the coronavirus began infecting people, and rather quickly, it spread around…

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In late 2019, the coronavirus began infecting people, and rather quickly, it spread around the world...

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LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In the documentary Faceless, director Jennifer Ngo provides a street-level view of the 2019 protests...

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NEW TO THEATERS! Set in the mountains of Ethiopia, Faya Dayi tells the story of khat, a plant used by Sufi Muslims during meditation. Khat has become a...

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NEW TO HBO MAX! Director Nanfu Wang, a revered and celebrated Chinese filmmaker, narrates and presents the COVID-19 story from its origins in Wuhan,...

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LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Do yourself a favor and find a large screen and see Salomé Jashi's Taming the Garden. The story behind "the garden" is...

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NEW IN THEATERS! I have lived in New York City for about 13 years, though it's not my home state. That would be Georgia, a totally different animal....

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NOW IN THEATERS! I love Edgar Wright. His films are all hilarious and brilliant. I also love Sparks. Every album of theirs I've listened to, which I have...

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HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is the story of the office sharing business, its...

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HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, co-directors Emily and Sarah Kunstler bring to the screen an engaging...

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HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! One of the powers of a documentary is its ability to give a person and their ideas recognition. Film lives as a...

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