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Review: 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'
- March 8
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“Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” (playing as part of the Park Chan Wook Retrospective I'm hosting on March 9 at 4:00pm at Reading’s Town Square Cinemas) was the first of Park Chan-wook’s Revenge Trilogy yet it arrived in the U.S. after Park’s "Oldboy," which is the second installment. But it doesn’t matter what order you see these devastating films in, just see them, and you'll have a chance to catch all three this weekend.
Review: 'Oldboy'
- March 8
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Back in 2005, South Korean director Park Chan-Wook was not well known in the U.S. But that changed when his film “Oldboy” hit American theaters. The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and has celebrity fans such as Quentin Tarantino singing its praises. The film plays Saturday March 9 at Reading’s Town Square Cinemas as part of the Park Chan-Wook retrospective that I’m hosting.
Review: 'Lady Vengeance'
- March 8
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If the person who said “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” had met Geum-ja, he might have revised his sentiments and said “hell hath no fury like a woman seeking revenge.” Geum-ja is the main character in “Lady Vengeance,” (playing Sunday March 10 at Reading’s Town Square Cinemas as part of the Park Chan-wook Retrospective) and she’s hellbent for revenge in this concluding chapter of Park Chan-wook’s deliciously twisted South Korean Revenge Trilogy. If you thought Uma Thurman was on a roaring rampage of revenge in the Kill Bill films, then fasten your seatbelts for “Lady Vengeance.”
Festival Highlight: Documentaries At The San Diego Latino Film Festival
- March 7
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Guest blogger Rebecca Romani suggests going beyond the feature film at the 20th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Festival Highlight: San Diego Latino Film Festival's Shorts Program
- March 7
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Guest Blogger Rebecca Romani gives us a preview of the shorts program st the San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Midday Movies: San Diego Latino Film Festival Kicks Off Tonight
- March 7
- Midday Edition
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The San Diego Latino Film Festival kicks off its 20th season with more than 100 films from around the globe.
Marcela Zhou: Face of the Young Undocumented
- March 6
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Marcela Zhou, an engaging young woman, is a recent graduate from UCSD, who earned her B.S. in Human Biology in just three years. Soft spoken and polite, she smiles brightly when she thinks about all she has been able to achieve.
San Diego's Pop-Up Restaurants Create New Business Model
- March 6
- Midday Edition
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Chefs are taking advantage of unused real estate and popping up all over town in unlikely places. It's a phenomenon called "pop-up" restaurants. When an eatery is closed either during the week or at night, a second business emerges in its place.
Ginita Wall and Candace Bahr Teach Women to Become Financially Savvy
Women's History Month: 2013 Honoree
- March 1
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Two decades ago, in the throes of my divorce, I discovered a workshop that became my lifeline. It’s called Second Saturday: Divorce Workshop for Women, and for me, participating in it helped me get through one of the most difficult, wrenching periods of my life.
Rants And Raves: Drive-By Cinema
- Feb. 28
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The San Diego Asian Film Foundation recently rebranded itself as the Pacific Arts Movement. One of its experimental new projects is Drive By Cinema. Here's how they are bringing movies to the streets.
