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'Red Lantern' shines at the Coolidge

By Jim Sullivan

May 3, 2004

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A critic from Texas opined that "Raise the Red Lantern" (above) was "like some exotic hothouse specimen that's beautiful to the eye yet caustic to the touch." Rolling Stone went gaga over Gong Li and raved about her "emotional nakedness." As Songlian, the fourth wife of a rich landowner, she figures out the status game and then calculatingly competes with ... (Full Article: 890 Words)