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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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SIMON SAYS: Local Heroes: The New York Asian Film Festival Strikes Again (And Again, And Again)

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The New York Asian Film Festival, now a pop culture institution unto itself, started eleven years ago.
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • July 5, 2012 8:56 AM
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More: Simon Abrams, Simon Says, SIMON SAYS (Simon Abrams), New York Asian Film Festival, Festivals, Oldboy, Love in the Buff, The Sword Identity, Edmond Pang, Haofeng Xu

SIMON SAYS: LOVE IN THE BUFF Redeems China Lion

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For a few months now, China Lion Entertainment has been better in theory than in practice. Until this week and with the notable exceptions of some interesting but inconsistent melodramas like "Aftershock" and "Love in Space," China Lion had yet to release a film worth recommending without serious reservations.
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • March 29, 2012 8:32 AM
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