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Revenge is a dish best served raw in Triad Election, director Johnny To’s (Breaking News, PTU) latest film and the second installment in his Wo Sing trilogy. Against the backdrop of a Hong Kong newly returned to mainland China, Mr. To has fashioned a political commentary disguised in gangster’s finery. His protagonist, Triad underlord Jimmy Lee (Louis Koo), yearns to assume a place in the legitimate business world but his talent for generating cash makes him invaluable to Hong Kong’s leading crime syndicate.

Words like ‘charismatic’, ‘persuasive’ and ‘influential’ belong to a set of adjectives that carry both a positive and negative connotation when describing the current leader of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Many people exhort a great deal of time demonizing and/or idolatrizing the man who once tried to swindle his way into presidency.

2007 marks an important milestone for the Independent Film Festival of Boston. The festival is turning five, and plans are already underway for special events. Screenings, panels, and parties will again unfurl around Boston, Cambridge and Somerville.

When I think of what the Sundance labs might signify for those lucky enough to have their projects participate what comes to mind are...

Getting a NYC release this weekend is Hong Kong director Johnnie To’s Triad Election. The Film Forum in NYC are doubling up, also showing...