[Tlc] TC-film reviews

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI.
Thanks,
justin

Our most recent film reviews are online: http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/publications/filmreviews/index.html

Reviews of two films featured in last year's Asian Film Festival, featuring Southeast Asian Cinema (http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/events/filmfestival/filmfest_2007.html):

- "Out of the Poison Tree," a moving and compelling documentary by Beth Pielert about Khmer Rouge survivor Thida Mam's return to Cambodia in search of the truth about her father's death, is reviewed by Judy Ledgerwood, professor of anthropology and Southeast Asian studies at Northern Illinois University.
http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/publications/filmreviews/poisontree.htm
- "Citizen Dog," a campy and surreal romantic comedy by Thai New Wave director Wisit Sasanatieng with an underlying social commentary about life in Bangkok, is reviewed by Ellen Boccuzzi, a lecturer at Thammasat University in Bangkok who studies urbanization in the developing world.  
http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/publications/filmreviews/citizendog.htm 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
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University of California, Riverside
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justinm at ucr.edu