By allan tong on November 9, 2009
allan tong, film festival, russian festival, russian films
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by Allan Tong for FILMbutton Toronto’s second annual KinoArt Festival, devoted to Russian film, opened on Nov. 4 with Sergey Solovyev’s adaptation of the classic Tolstoy novel, ANNA KARENINA. The book sired one of the most famous lines in literature which opens the film: “Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in […]
By allan tong on May 5, 2006
allan tong, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins, sesame street, the world according to sesame street
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by Allan Tong for Festival Products Another audience favourite was The World According To Sesame Street. Far from a puff piece, this fine work by Americans Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins Costigan follows foreign Sesame Street production teams trying to export the venerable children’s educational series to trouble spots like Kosovo, Bangladesh and Capetown. […]
