Film
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In Spring 2007, Erin Hill and I, then editors of the UCLA-based online journal Mediascape, conducted a poll to determine the “Top 100 American Films by Women Directors.” It was conducted, published, and promoted to counter the American Film Institute’s “10th anniversary edition” of their famous “greatest 100 American films” list. Over a decade and
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Poor Evelyn Todd. “I’m innocent and you won’t even let me explain!” she cries, but it’s much too late. On the same day she’s fired as a New York chorus girl, she’s evicted from her apartment and nearly prostituted at a socialite party where she’s promised a quick fifty bucks for “looking pretty.” By the
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The master of artful humiliation and passionless sex, South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has shocked and awed the festival scene like few before him. Though he’s as much hated as beloved, Hong shows no indication of abandoning the style and obsessions which have made him one of the most notable talents in cinema today.
Brian Hu 