It was 1990 when a lightbulb went off in Christine Swanson’s head—“I can be a filmmaker.” She was then a timid half-black, half-Korean University of Notre Dame freshman, sitting […]
Category: Movies
Review: ‘Yellow Rose’ Is The Immigration Film For Our Times
As the bar lights dim and the stage lights brighten, a young woman holding a shiny, new guitar emerges from behind the stage curtains. Dressed in country gear from […]
Review: Three Disabled Men Take A Pilgrimage To A Brothel In ‘Come As You Are.’ What Could Go Wrong?
As they speed northward on the highway to Montreal, three young men in a rental van whoop and cheer after a successful escape from their overbearing parents. Their overtired […]
Meet Actor Mark Dacascos—The Martial Artist Behind Zero In ‘John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum’
It’s late morning in the tiny Conejo Valley hamlet of Westlake Village. Designed to look like an old world European farmhouse dropped into suburban L.A., the Stonehaus Wine Restaurant […]
Filmmaker So Yun Um Has ‘Liquor Store Dreams’ Of Her First Feature
Last year, So Yun Um’s “Liquor Store Babies” traveled the festival circuit up and down the West coast. Now the Korean American filmmaker is looking to turn the short […]
Breakthrough: Vinny Chhibber On Working In The Industry As A Young Actor Of Color
When actor Vineet Chhibber first began auditioning for roles, there was one time he was asked to make out with a camel. “They would tell me, ‘It’s just comedy; […]
Actress Ally Maki Is Redefining What It Means To Be An Asian American Woman
Ally Maki wonders if she would’ve had more confidence as a teenager if she was exposed to the types of representation that many of the young female fans she’s […]
How Daniel Dae Kim Is Using His Power As An Executive Producer To Promote Visibility For Other Asian Americans
This is Daniel Dae Kim’s fourth time on the cover of this magazine. Or maybe it’s his fifth? At this point, it’s a little hard to keep track. But […]
Filmmaker Kulap Vilaysack Untangles Her Family History In ‘Origin Story’
“Why are you defending him? He’s not your real dad.” During a heated argument with her mother who blurted out this truth in a moment of frustration, a 14-year-old […]
Who Will Win In ‘Godzilla: King of The Monsters?’
The latest installment in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ monster series, “Godzilla: King of The Monsters” crashes into a theater near you on May 31st. Starring Kyle Chandler […]
Review: ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Is Haunted By Horror Clichés
Watching “The Curse of La Llorona” is like eating gentrified Mexican food. The cultural inspiration is there and the proper ingredients are present but you can’t shake the feeling […]
All About Childish Gambino And Rihanna’s Super Secret, Hiro Murai-Directed Movie ‘Guava Island’
There have been whispers floating around the web and shaky cellphone footage of a trailer, but still no one knows … just what is “Guava Island?”
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s 13 Awesome API Superheroes!
Recently, Atom, Spider-Man, Beast Boy, Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk and Superman have all received various Asian spinoffs. With comic book heroes dominating the box office and API representation […]
Review: “Hellboy” Is Alive—Like Frankenstein’s Monster
Who in the hell wanted another “Hellboy?” Take into consideration that the two highest grossing movies last weekend were “Shazam!” ($53 million) and “Pet Sematary” ($42 million) and you […]
All The Must-See Films You Have To Catch At CAAMFest37
Need the scoop on which movies to see at the 37th annual Center for Asian American Media’s Film Festival? Character has got you covered. On April 9, the lineup […]
