Articles by Allan Tong

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens

Barbara Leibovitz

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2008

Annie Leibovitz has made her name photographing the rich and famous for the likes of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, and in doing so has bec...

Towelhead

Alan Ball

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2008

The writer of American Beauty and creator of Six Feet Under makes his directorial debut with this fine black comedy about a 13-year-old Leb...

Planet B-Boy

Benson Lee

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008

Planet B-Boy rescues break dancing from ’80s nostalgia and restores its place as a true art form. It’s also an exciting film, featuring one...

The Simpsons: Season 11

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008

To many fans, The Simpsons had entered middle age by season 11 (1999 to 2000). Their best years were behind them as the creative team produ...

Comedy Central Salutes George W. Bush

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2008

"What the BLEEP were you thinking?” shrieks comedian Lewis Black as he asks his audience why they voted for George W. Bush not once but twi...

All Together Now

Adrian Wills

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2008

An audience favourite at last spring’s Hot Docs Film Festival, All Together Now is a behind-the-scenes look at the staging of the ambitious...

Risky Business: 25th Anniversary

Paul Brickman

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2008

Risky Business was marketed as the American Pie of its time but turned out to be The Graduate of the ’80s instead. Though very much a film...

Up The Yangtze

Yung Chang

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2008

Up The Yangtze made several top ten lists in 2007 and deservedly so. This documentary of a luxury cruise boat crawling up the Yangtze River...