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Wayne Wang, often described by U.S. film critics as "our resident Chinese filmmaker," has returned - if not exactly to his roots then a turf where he feels especially comfortable.

Indie icon Wang Wang will be behind the camera for an English language drama to star Chinese beauty Zhang Ziyi.

7, 2009----The University of Delaware's fall International Film Series will be held at 7:30 p.m., Sundays, from Oct.

Joe Henry has earned critical praise - and a strong cult following - for his musically intriguing albums.

LI KOW: One of six writers nominated for the Frank O'Connor award. MALAYSIAN Shih-Li Kow is one of six authors, from a longlist ofA 57 worldwide, in the running for the prestigious 2009 Frank O'Connor Award.

I understand why Wayne Wang's "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" never played in most theaters before going to video.

For the better part of a decade, people like me have been pronouncing that theatrical motion-picture distribution, at least when it came to independent films, was going the way of the passenger pigeon and the daily print newspaper.

A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers 2007 // 82 Minutes // Not Rated The Princess Of Nebraska 2008 // 77 Minutes // Not Rated Released by Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by Judge Daryl Loomis // June 8th, 2009 View Judge Loomis's Dossier E-mail Judge Loomis Judge Daryl Loomis has taken a feature's worth of cell phone video of his cat sleeping.

The story behind how "Dim Sum Funeral" director Anna Chi ended up becoming a filmmaker is, alone, the stuff of great screenplays.

Director Wayne Wang has spent much of the past decade wandering in the wilderness of inconsequential fem-coms such as Maid in Manhattan and Last Holiday .