The Story of Qiu Ju

"...Li, Lei Lao Sheng, Liu Pei Qi, Ge Zhi Jun and Yang Liu Chun. Anyone ever caught in the..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ju-on: The Grudge

Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.

"...bed. Hadn’t I? Fear of what may be lurking just out of sight, under the bed (or even under..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ju Dou

"...the movie tells the story of a woman named Ju Dou (Gong Li). She is the third wife of..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Dara Ju

White-collar crime collides with first-generation immigrants

"...In the Nigerian Yoruba language, “dara ju” means “better.” This film from writer/director Anthony Onah is..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...immigration policy. They are the Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez...."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...in question is the epidemic of femicides in Ciudad Juárez, the Mexican sister city of El Paso, where Gomez..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Raise the Red Lantern

Zhang's film is a biting examination of sexual politics, mandarin-style. Also stunningly gorgeous to look at, this melodrama transcends all borders and eras to speak to the ages.

"...and He Caifei. Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum, Ju Dou) is the most exciting thing to happen to..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vortex Repertory Company's The Way She Spoke

At the Vortex, Isaac Gomez's drama made us remember the lost women of Juárez

"...who have gone missing or been murdered in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, over the last quarter-century, a subject that Gomez..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Chinese Puzzle

A large extended family becomes the natural, yet sometimes awkward outgrowth of modern-day relationships In this romantic piece from France.

"...his best friend Isabelle (De France) and her girlfriend Ju (Holt). Xavier’s marriage seems okay until his wife takes..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Grudge 2

Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.

"...round-eyed foreign devils. What made Shimizu's 2003 Japanese film Ju-on: The Grudge – which, come to think of it,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marebito

Although long on style and concept, this film lacks the primal urgency of Shimizu’s 2003 J-horror blockbuster Ju-on.

"...Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita and Kazuhiro Nakahara. Shot in just over a week with a minuscule budget, this artsy..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...ambitious and visually lavish films of his earlier career (Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, for example). In..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hotel by the River

Semi-improvised South Korean family drama is as much about pauses as what it spoken

"...Joo-bong, Kim Min-hee, Song Seon-mi, Kwon Hae-hyo and Yu Jun-sang...."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Not One Less

"...that established his reputation. In such previous films as Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, Zhang focused on..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gingerbread Man

"...name from the credits. But then PolyGram's edit scored just as poorly, so the company restored Altman's original cut...."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wooden Man's Bride

"...Lan, Ku Paoming, Wang Yumel, Wang Full and Kao Mingjun. What would you do if you were forced to..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

To Live

"...fan of great filmmaking. China's preeminent filmmaker, Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern), has once again created..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Conqueror's Concubine

"...the unlikely collaboration between the arthouse fave Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou), who functions here as producer, and the more..."

Dec. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...to be with our families! They have us here unjustly!”..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

The Grudge

New American version of haunted-house film follows the same tack as its Japanese predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.

"...of The Grudge is notable: The original was titled Ju-on: The Grudge, and was preceded by a pair of..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

State Board of Education: Bell-Metereau Faces Two Challengers

Bluer district creates opportunity to push board leftward

"...Her two challengers, Juan Juárez and Kevin Guico, each have critiqued Bell-Metereau's constituent..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...1983's The One and the Eight (Directed by Zhang Junzhao with cinematography by Zhang Yimou) and 1984's Yellow Earth..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...roots of that murder back across the river to Juárez, where Amado Carrillo Fuentes, perhaps Mexico's most successful narcotics..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Introduction

Korean master of the understated finds romance in beginnings

"...father at his place of work. Leaving his girlfriend, Ju-won (Park), outside to watch boring internet videos, he ends..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Grudge

A new haunting from the J-horror franchise

"...Westwood, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Junko Bailey, Frankie Faison and William Sadler...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: Don't Talk About It

El Paso City Council's resolution calling for an 'open debate' on legalizing drugs draws threats of funding cuts

"...the city's support for its beleaguered sister city, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Juárez is at the center of a brutal..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Cross-Border Craziness

Judge says feds can take Eagle Pass land for fence, and more

"...border's Frankenfence battle. On Monday, Jan. 14, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses Ludlum ordered the city of Eagle Pass,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Fantastic Fest Review: Sadako vs. Kayako

Japanese supernatural heavyweights come out swinging

"...Mothra (and arguably more of a challenge, since the Ju-on and Ringu franchises were released in Japan by different..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Narco Cultura

This documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their relationship to populist narcocorrido music becomes a fascinating study of the cultural cycle of violence.

"...Cartel paying off everyone with any civil stature, or, just as frequently, executing them as a warning to the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou's Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, winds up something of a limp noodle.

"...that reminds us of earlier Zhang stunners such as Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern. But an overreliance..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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