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- DirectorRick SchmidtWayne WangStarsDick RichardsonEd NylundCarolyn ZarembaA MAN, A WOMAN, AND A KILLER is the story of a small-time gangster (Dick Richardson) writing his journal in a Mendocino, California, farmhouse, as he awaits a hit man who is coming to kill him. In this first part of a trilogy, realities continue to shift between the story, and the actual making of the film, as seen through unscripted scenes, real-life narrations by lead actors, and the real relationship that developed on the set between Richardson and the actress (Carolyn Zaremba) who played his girlfriend. A bumbling, local librarian (played by Ed Nylund) is mistaken for the "killer" and plays along with the game.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsWood MoyMarc HayashiLaureen ChewTwo cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000."Chan is Missing" is a small, whimsical treasure of a film that gives us a real feeling for the people of San Francisco's Chinatown.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsLaureen ChewKim ChewVictor WongIn San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine does have a boyfriend, but she's not sure she's ready for marriage, and, anyway, he lives in Los Angeles and Geraldine doesn't want to leave her mother alone in her declining years. Mrs. Tan's cheerful brother-in-law tries to help out. Is there any solution that will enable Mrs. Tan to hold onto her culturally influenced and deep-seated hopes, yet keep those hopes from suffocating Geraldine?What is remarkable is the way Wang deals with this complex set of emotions, in a movie that is essentially a comedy.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsTom HulceMary Elizabeth MastrantonioVirginia MadsenAn artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.The plot of this movie is a little infuriating, because it gets in the way of the people.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsCora MiaoRussell WongVictor WongA study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.
- DirectorWayne WangSpencer NakasakoStarsWan Kin ChengJohn ChanKwan-Min ChengA man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsTamlyn TomitaRosalind ChaoKieu ChinhThe life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.One of the most touching and moving of the year's films.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsHarvey KeitelWilliam HurtGiancarlo EspositoA Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.The movie is a delicate creation, with no big punch line or payoff.
- DirectorPaul AusterWayne WangHarvey WangStarsHarvey KeitelLou ReedMichael J. FoxBrooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.Some of the bits work and others don't, but no one seems to be keeping score, and that's part of the movie's charm.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsJeremy IronsGong LiMaggie CheungThe story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.Wang is moving toward a clearer objectivity.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsSusan SarandonNatalie PortmanHart BochnerA mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.The strong chemistry between Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman as a mother and daughter trying to make a fresh start in L.A. helps to elevate Anywhere But Here above its occasional forays into melodrama.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsShane EdelmanBalthazar GettyMolly ParkerA successful computer engineer meets a stripper in a cafe. He offers her $10,000 and she offers three days and nights of no penetration in Vegas.For all its tease, the movie doesn't have more to say than money can't buy you love.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsJennifer LopezRalph FiennesNatasha RichardsonA Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.Too blandly generic, Maid in Manhattan also suffers from a lack of chemistry between Lopez and Fiennes.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsAnnaSophia RobbJeff DanielsEva Marie SaintA mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.An old-fashioned, if bland, adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's novel.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsQueen LatifahLL Cool JTimothy HuttonUpon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.Although Queen Latifah's bountiful life-affirming spirit permeates the film, director Wayne Wang is unable to revive this remake with any real flair.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsLi LingBrian DanforthMinghua TanThe story of a pregnant Chinese girl's life in the U.S. Based on the the short story by Yiyun Li.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsHenry OPasha D. LychnikoffFeihong YuA Chinese man travels to America to visit his daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart.Though it may not be as profound as its pacing would suggest, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers delicately examines familial issues in an earnest fashion.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaPatty ChangJem CohenStarsBrian YangChinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawling, vibrant immigrant community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsBingbing LiJun Ji-hyunVivian WuA story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.As movies about female bonding go, "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" is thin tea.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsTakeshi KitanoHidetoshi NishijimaSayuri OyamadaWhile on vacation with his wife, a writer begins following another man and woman who are guests at the resort hotel where he stays.