Vee Hua 華婷婷I first stumbled across Jennifer Tong’s work at a recent 5-woman show at San Francisco’s 1988 Gallery. The show just ended yesterday, funny enough, but the works of two illustrators, Allison Torneros and Jennifer Tong, stood out above...
Rachel HelmMaybe I’m over this whole winter thing. Maybe I’m not getting enough sleep. Whatever it is, though, Julie Doiron sounds the way fresh green grass, cold blue sky, and riding your bike with the sun on your back feels. Most of...
Every art blog needs a little bit of nudity, right? I first saw this piece (and its counterparts) months and months ago, and I fell in love with the whole series instantly. Unfortunately, at $700 a pop, it’s well past my price range. At least...
Dale Chihuly is from Seattle, and as a result, his works are seen fairly often around the Pacific Northwest. To first time viewers, Chihuly’s works are striking and eye-catching… to those who have seen many of his pieces, however, the...
Glass Lips (English translation), or Blood Of A Poet (literal translation), is Lech Majewski’s latest offering for the year 2007. Perhaps it is because I watched Glass Lips back to back with another Majewski film, Roe’s Room, but I found...
Allen HuangAt first glance, Paprika is a stylish sci-fi detective thriller that uses dreams as a reason to explore the limits of animation. The visuals are exhilarating and titillating based on any level of criteria. But while many would be quick to write this...
Hong Kong/China, 2006, 131 minutes, 35mm Mandarin Chinese (with English subtitles) Why do the Chinese like to title their movies The Banquet so often? A quick search on IMDB pulled up three entries… out of four total. I know Chinese people...
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