Edward Wong

Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is Fargo-Level Good

theatlantic.com — Just when I was starting to feel down about this year's Cannes film festival, the Coen brothers came to the rescue with their gorgeous Inside Llewyn Davis, a razor-sharp deadpan comedy suffused with sorrow about a struggling folk singer in early-1960s New York.

Speedrun (Ep #3): Star Wars

youtube.com — Skywalker. Vader. Lots of futuristic rooms. The droids they were in fact looking for. All as if George Lucas were on meth.

在耶鲁，一门触及内心的写作课 - 纽约时报中文网 国际纵览

cn.nytimes.com — 在这其中，有一个名字总能引起一种特殊的尊重和憧憬：安·法迪曼从2005年起在耶鲁大学开设一名春季学期写作课，名为"书写自我"(Writing about Oneself)，辅导学生阅读与写作以个人经历为内容的散文。安（她要求她的学生这样称呼她）自己便是一位作家，她的成名作--《神灵附身你就会跌倒下来》(The Spirit Catches You and You Fall ...

Photo Manipulation on the Fashion Pages

nytimes.com — A POWERFUL picture taken by the Swedish photographer Paul Hansen last year, of men carrying the bodies of dead children through the streets of Gaza City, was artfully composed and filled with anguish. But was it authentic? After it won a prestigious award, selected photo of the year by World Press Photo, questions arose about whether it was a digitally altered composite.

Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes

nytimes.com — RUK, Pakistan - Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies.

The National Art Museum of China

namoc.org — 中国美术馆是以收藏、研究、展示中国近现代艺术作品为重点的国家造型艺术博物馆。1963年正式对外开放。主楼建筑面积18000多平方米 ...

The National Art Museum of China

namoc.org — 中国美术馆是以收藏、研究、展示中国近现代艺术作品为重点的国家造型艺术博物馆。1963年正式对外开放。主楼建筑面积18000多平方米 ...

Cannes: China Buzzing Over Jia Zhangke's 'A Touch of Sin'

hollywoodreporter.com — "Based on True Events." It's one of the oldest storytelling hooks in the book, and in a Hollywood movie trailer, it tends to read like a tired marketing cliché. But in China, where broaching sensational national news on screen is taboo among the country's censors, any true-to-life claim instantly raises eyebrows.

Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes

nytimes.com — RUK, Pakistan - Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies.