CONTENTS

FRONT COVER: "Flower and Snake" by Yuko Weisser

ARTICLE & REVIEWS:

ACC REPORT: FILM, NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ASIA
by Thomas Weisser

"The King of Bollywood"
AN INTERVIEW WITH RAM GOPAL VARMA
conducted by Galen Rosenthal

CAPSULE REVIEWS: (Click to view this section.)
Yaji&Kita: Midnight Pilgrims, Love So Divine, Severely Raped, Cello, Natural City, An Adolescent, Wayward Clouds] by Thomas Weisser & Archie Cole

BRIGITTE LIN CHING HSIA
an essay plus book review by Tony Williams

BLOOD SPATTERED HERO IN HOLLYWOOD:
collected thoughts on Takashi Shimizu's MAREBITO
a column by Wyatt Doyle

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE·
a critical analysis of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
by Japanese stylist Hideki Kanda

FOREIGN CRIMES
a column by Max Allan Collins

FIND THE FLOWER: Commentary of Flower and Snake
by Jack Ketchum (Click to view the text of this section.)

EROTIC PSYCHEDELIC WORLD OF GRASS LABYRINTH
film commentary by Jerry White

RIC AND INFAMOUS
a column by Ric Meyers

TRASH TAKEN SERIOUSLY: 3 Films from 3 Countries in 309 Minutes
a column by Dr Stan Glick

TONY LEUNG
an interview by Betsy Sherman

BACK COVER: Award winning actors Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung from IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE