Articles by Allan Tong

I'm Not There

Todd Haynes

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2007

Director Todd Haynes has made one unusual biopic about Bob Dylan. Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven) has cast seven different actors...

Redacted

Brian De Palma

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2007

Redacted is the best, if not the bravest, film of Brian De Palma’s career. Using a radical style that mixes quasi-documentary video, websit...

After The Wedding

Susanne Bier

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2007

Denmark’s Susanne Bier surpasses her acclaimed 2004 drama Brothers with After The Wedding. In each film a troubled outsider replaces an est...

Misery Collector's Edition

Rob Reiner

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2007

Reiner and Goldman’s audio commentaries anchor a superb DVD reissue of the classic 1990 screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. A wealth...

Wayne Wang

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2007

It’s hard enough getting one film to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), but Wayne Wang succeeded with two. The Hol...

The Heartbreak Kid

Farrelly Brothers

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2007

The Farrellys recycle the 1972 Elaine May film and their own catalogue to present this amusing but disappointing comedy. Just as in There’s...

Lust, Caution

Ang Lee

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2007

Credit Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee for never making the same film twice. His new movie, an erotic espionage thriller set during the...

Shake Hands With The Devil

Roger Spottiswoode

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2007

In the spring of 1994, the president of Rwanda died in a mysterious plane crash, plunging this African nation into genocide. With machetes...