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It's 1939 and most countries have closed their borders to Jews fleeing Europe. Only one option remains open -- Shanghai. Inspired by true events, this is the story of one man as he flees with his family from Vienna to an unfamiliar country and culture in the Far East...
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At the center of Surveillance, the second film by Jennifer Lynch (nee of David), is a cu-rious couple played by Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond. Ormond was once the incredibly beautiful next big thing (Legends of the Fall), who, for my money, still has an unrivaled Julie Christie like beauty.... Read more
Dear Lemon Lima
Right after I saw Suzi Yoonessi's coming of age film about a half-Yup'ik girl named Va-nessa Lemor, I went right home and told my own 9 year old all about it. The next day she told me she had been writing in her own journal, to "Lemon Lima" and apparently the film has had the same effect on one of it's target audiences....
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