Journal Looking Back: Overstreet online in 2000–2001 After 25 years of writing about the arts, I revisit discoveries that have been most memorable and meaningful. Here’s Part 1 of many.
Through a Screen Darkly Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - The Whole Wide World [A consideration of Crash, Gosford Park, and Yi-Yi] - Eight-year-old Yang-Yang, in the film Yi Yi (A One and a Two) - U2, "When I Look at the World" A Crash-Course in Cultural Prejudice When writer-director Paul Haggis's film Crash won Best
On Movies & Media Yi-Yi (A One and a Two) (2000) 2007 Update: In honor of the recently departed Edward Yang, let me nudge you toward picking up Criterion's glorious edition of the late filmmaker's masterful film Yi-Yi (A One and a Two). Here's a look back at my original response to the film
On Movies & Media Tonight, the World has Lost a Great Artist For the last few years, I have been hoping and hoping for another film by Edward Yang, who directed what has become one of the greatest treasures in my film library: Yi-Yi (A One and a Two). But tonight, Edward Yang passed away. Cancer. The news breaks my heart.
On Movies & Media Yi-Yi (A One and a Two) from Criterion If you haven't seen Yi-Yi (A One and a Two), you're in for a treat. It's been out on DVD before, but not like this. The full Criterion treatment has arrived, and I encourage you to check it out as soon as you
