Articles by Allan Tong

White Lies, Black Sheep

James Spooner

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2007

AJ (Ayindé Howell) sees himself as an individual undefined by skin colour but his friends and family, black and white alike, disagree. Why...

Todd Haynes

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2007

Exclaim! spoke to film director Todd Haynes who was at the Toronto International Film Festival to premiere his new film, I'm Not There, an...

Fay Grim

Hal Hartley

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2007

Indie fave Hal Hartley updates 1997’s Henry Fool with this thriller that features some fine moments but doesn’t hold together. Parker Posey...

Here Is What Is

Adam Vollick, Adam Samuels & Daniel Lanois

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2007

Acclaimed record producer (U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Peter Gabriel) and musician Daniel Lanois successfully enters the world of film w...

Hollywood Chinese

Arthur Dong

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2007

With existing documentaries focusing on Hollywood’s portrayal of blacks (Classified X), Hispanics (The Bronze Screen) and gays (The Cellulo...

I'm Not There

Todd Haynes

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2007

Director Todd Haynes has made one unusual biopic about Bob Dylan. Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, The Hours, Superstar) has cast seven different a...

In The Valley Of Elah

Paul Haggis

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2007

A son returns from war and goes missing. The father (Tommy Lee Jones) looks for his son and discovers him murdered. The father enlists the...

Daniel Lanois

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2007

Daniel Lanois, producer for Bob Dylan, U2, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris and many others, turns to film with the premiere of Here Is Wha...