(1999) dir. Gough Lewis
viewed: 06/19/03
I read about Annabel Chong (a.k.a. Grace Quek) first about 6-7 years ago in Giant Robot magazine, which is an interesting magazine in its broad scope though not always in its writing quality, and was not unsurprised when I read that a documentary had been filmed of her story as well. [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2003
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962) dir. John Ford
viewed: 06/16/03
Another journey to the realm of the classic Western for me, yet another John Ford film that I had not before seen. With John Wayne, no less!
I, like many people I would guess, have a somewhat prejudiced impression of John Wayne, the macho, drawling image of stereotypical American maleness, tough [...]
The Matrix Reloaded
(2003) dir. Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
viewed: 05/28/03 at The Coronet Theater, SF, CA
I’ve been really falling behind on this diary of late, and sadly, haven’t even been really seeing all that many films. This is yet another entry that I would have been much better off having written a more closely to the time [...]
Rivers and Tides
(2001) dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer
viewed: 05/26/03 at The Red Vic Movie House, SF, CA
This is yet further testament to how behind I have fallen in my little film diary/journal thing. No time to catch up and so some pretty interesting films, like this one, will get short shrift, I am afraid.
I had missed this film when [...]
