Articles by Allan Tong

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  The Dancer Upstairs

  John Malkovich

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Policeman Augustin must track down an elusive terrorist named Ezequiel before the panicked government imposes martial law. Ezequiel strikes...

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  The Eye

  Danny and Oxide Pang

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The Eye is the one of the most chilling films of the year. Twin directors Danny and Oxide Pang triumph with suspense over gore in this horr...

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  The Barbarian Invasions

  Denys Arcand

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Canada’s greatest living filmmaker returns to form with The Barbarian Invasions. Denys Arcand reunites the cast of The Decline of the...

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  Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

  Stuart Samuels

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  For a brief period, post-Woodstock and pre-video, a handful of low-budget yet intensely personal films found fanatical audiences at midnigh...

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  La Neuvaine (The Novena)

  Bernard Emond

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Though modern, secular society has shattered the stranglehold that the Catholic Church held over Quebec for centuries, Christianity still l...

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  L'enfer (Hell)

  Danis Tanovic

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  In the Ancient Greek play Medea, a woman takes revenge on the husband who betrays her by slaying their children. L'Enfer, Danis Tanovic's s...

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  3 Friends

  Mingmongkol Sonakul / Aditya Assarat / Pumin Chinaradee

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  This video documentary follows model Napakpapah Nakprasit and her friends Penporn Poonsaem and Jitraporn Panit (nicknamed Mamee, Yo and Bel...

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  Linda, Linda, Linda

  Nobuhiro Yamashita

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Things look desperate for an all-girl Japanese rock band when their guitarist injures her finger just days before the school festival and t...