Articles by Allan Tong

The Return

Andrey Zvyagintsev

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

Moody and haunting, The Return is a Russian drama about two sons reluctantly embarking on a weekend camping trip with their estranged fathe...

Gia

Michael Cristofer

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

Gia is possibly the greatest made for television movie ever. First off, Cristofer and co-writer/novelist Jay McInerney avoid the clichés of...

Judgment At Nuremberg

Stanley Kramer

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

One of the most renowned courtroom dramas of all time, Judgment At Nuremberg finally sees its digital debut. Released 43 years ago, Nurembe...

Lost In Space Season 2

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

The '60s were the golden age of campy sitcoms and Lost In Space ranks right up there (or down there) with Gilligan's Island and Green Acres...

Johnson Family Vacation

Christopher Erskin

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

It was inevitable that someone would make an African-American version of the box office-friendly Vacation movies. Here the Griswalds are th...

Zhou Yu's Train

Sun Zhou

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

Few faces in the world can command the screen like China's Gong Li. Beauty aside, the world-renowned actress can express a wider range of e...

Greendale

Bernard Shakey

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

"I come from a different place," said Bernard Shakey (aka Neil Young) at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. "Most everybody here...

Together

Chen Kaige

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

Xiaochun is a 13-year-old Chinese violin prodigy whose devoted, yet impoverished, father, Liu Cheng, moves them to Beijing to find the boy...