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My Year Abroad, about an American collegian’s adventures across Asia and in witness protection in New Jersey. Lee, a creative writing professor at Stanford University, also wrote The Surrendered(2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His On Such a Full Sea (2014) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, and his debut Native Speaker (1995) won the PEN/Hemingway award. The Seoul-born, Westchester, N.Y.-raised Lee can’t seem to shake his histor...

"Slamdance" feels like a movie that desperately wants to be something other than it is. You could call it a police procedural with the soul of a whimsical slice-of-life. It has a plot like a thriller and all the ingredients of a thriller, but it walks and talks more like "Echo Park," the previous film starring Tom Hulce. In that one, he was a goofy pizza deliveryman who moves into a weird neighborhood and meets some strange people, and in this one hes a cartoonist who already knows the strange ...

Officials back NTHU bid for medicine department FILLING A NEED: Hsinchu Science Park Bureau director-general Wayne Wang said the park’s 150,000 workers and their families need more quality medical resources By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter National Tsing Hua University’s (NTHU) application to establish a post-baccalaureate medicine department has gained support from Hsinchu Science Park Bureau director-general Wayne Wang (王永壯) and other of...

I have always been drawn toward stories of exile and expatriation, of people living as strangers in strange lands. I enjoy their bittersweet longing for other places and other friends. Jeremy Irons plays John, a character with some of those feelings, in “Chinese Box,” Wayne Wangs film about the last days of British colonialism in Hong Kong. John is not a sentimentalist about the purpose of Britains long dominion in its last Asian colony; his latest book is titled How to Make Money in Asia. ...

January 27, 2021 Author Amy Tan in a still from the documentary feature Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir. The film was made by James Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, who died from cancer before it was finished. KPJR Films When James “Jamie” Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, wanted to make a film about Amy Tan, the Chinese-American author was not initially convinced. “I was reluctant to do this, because I’m trying to move toward more privacy as I get older,” Tan, 68, tells the Pos...

‘I Blame Society’ and ‘Atlantis’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Known for award-winning film shorts, Gillian Wallace Horvat makes her feature debut with “I Blame Society.” Cleveland Cinemas will be showing the unique comedy/horror movie online beginning Friday, Jan. 29. The film blurs the lines between art and real life after an ambitious filmmaker discovers she’s good at getti...

Produced by Oakland director Ryan Coogler, Judas and the Black Messiah is the story of an FBI informant tasked with keeping tabs on the charismatic Black Panther leader Chairman Fred Hampton. The movie makes its virtual world premiere at Sundance Film Festival on February 1st. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Local talent shines in the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival By Jan 25, 2021 Theres no doubt that our arts world has become smaller in the last year, but online an...

ITW EAE Announces New SECS/GEM Communication Package for MPM Edison Stencil Printer ITW EAE announces a new SECS/GEM communication package for the MPM® Edison™ Printer. SECS/GEM is a semiconductor market communication standard that provides a common interface between manufacturing equipment. The Edison package collects and logs process data which can be used to optimize the production line.  The MPM® Edison™ is the most ...

‘Cowboys’ and ‘Identifying Features’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Veteran film actor Steve Zahn showcases his leading man talents as a well-intentioned father in director-writer Anna Kerrigan’s new movie “Cowboys.” The Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) will be streaming the movie online Jan. 22. The modern western is about a father who runs off wi...

‘Rock Camp: The Movie’ and ‘My Little Sister’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque Updated Jan 13, 2021; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For all of those weekend warrior musicians, the new film “Rock Camp: The Movie” provides a summer camp-meets-”Spinal Tap” experience. The documentary feature wannabe rock stars from around the world meeting and learning from their heroes -- and camp counselors -- such as Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Gene S...