A Job to Kill For
In a week of too many new releases and an Ingmar Bergman festival, it’s a mystery why this Canadian made-for-cable entry from 2006 would be dressed up as a cinema product and expected to capture market share. But if the idea of a humorless boardroom version of To Die For by veteran TV director Bill Corcoran (21 Jump Street, Wiseguy) grabs you, rush to catch this one before it disappears in a week or so. Sean Young (a long way from Blade Runner) is an executive whose new female assistant really wants a promotion.
Taiwan Association for Human Rights Film Festival
Lots of good titles are featured in this timely showcase, including Let Him Have It from the UK, Small Soldiers on the child soldiers of Liberia and works on state terror relating to Taiwan, Cambodia, North Korea, Tibet and Chile, among others, as well as indigenous issues. All screenings are free, so get down to the Eslite bookstore on Dunhua South Road (tomorrow and Sunday) and the Chinese Taipei Film Archive (from Monday through next Saturday) in Taipei and the Kaohsiung Film Archive (Dec. 21 to Dec. 31). More details at udhr60.twbbs.org.
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