‘Yellowface’ reflects the racial pecking order
The movie adaptation of the novel ‘Cloud Atlas’ has been criticised by Asian-Americans for casting white Western actors in "yellowface" makeup.
Xan Brooks
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Alpha nerds kicked ass
This year brought a new kind of hero as
<i>Kick-Ass</i> and <i>The Social Network</i> proved it’s the geeks who shall inherit the Earth.
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This year’s Cannes line-up: A festival hall of fame
Down on the Riviera, the Cannes film festival is braced for its bloodiest year in decades.
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A heartbreaking history retold
ON CIRCUIT: <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas</i>, a story of the Holocaust told through the experiences of a young boy.
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False notes
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Xan Brooks reviews <i>The Counterfeiters</i>, which won the Oscar for best foreign-language film this year.
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Glove story
Director Michael Mann tells Xan Brooks about getting into the ring with a legend.
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Candied darling
Low-budget movie of the week:</b> <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i> is the sort of stack-heeled walk on the wild side that <i>Velvet Goldmine</i> should have been and yet never quite was; a posturing film glamour that’s at once funny and sad, brash and sensitive, writes Xan Brooks.
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Hard-boiled
<b>Review: Boiler Room</b>
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Oscar sticks to the script
Oscar 2000 was just too polished and genteel to fully satisfy Xan Brooks.
