Everyone has had a bad day at work. But as a solitary figure in a dark suit limps through a Chinatown alleyway hoping to get to a doctor who […]
Category: Screen
Throwback: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Helped Young Girls Learn To Love And Trust Themselves
Becoming a woman is hard work. As a teenager, I spent more time brooding over a diary with a glitter pen and writing angst-ridden poetry than I care I […]
Review: ‘The Sun Is Also A Star’ Is Not Your Usual Teen Drama. Sort Of.
It seems like every romantic drama follows the same basic formula: boy meets girl; boy and girl are separated by forces beyond their control; boy and girl are reunited […]
Foodies Unite: Feast Your Eyes On ‘Family Style’
Foodies have something new to look forward to. “Family Style,” a 12-episode, unscripted series produced by Asian American YouTube channel You Offend Me You Offend My Family aka YOMYOMF, […]
Review: Director Stephanie Wang-Breal Sheds Light On Human Trafficking In Latest Documentary ‘Blowin’ Up’
Documentarian Stephanie Wang-Breal, whose previous works include “Tough Love” and “Wo Ai Ni Mommy,” takes a sensitive approach in chronicling the legal proceedings of women who are arrested on […]
Review: Why You Should Be Watching Cinemax’s ‘Warrior’
A tall, dark stranger wanders off a boat filled with Chinese immigrant workers and surveys his destination, San Francisco in 1878: a hectic tableau buzzing with protesting Irish workers, […]
7 API Super Moms From Film and Television That Have A Place In Our Hearts
For Mother’s Day, we’re toasting our favorite API mothers and maternal figures on the small and silver screen. With mamas from the groundbreaking “Joy Luck Club” to the hilarious […]
Meet The Creative Minds Behind the Headlining Films of LAAPFF 2019
This year, Southern California’s largest Asian-centric film festival is celebrating its 35th anniversary with one of its strongest lineups ever. Since its inception in 1983, the Los Angeles Pacific […]
Asian American Male Directors Are Getting More Filmmaking Opportunities … What About Women?
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 […]
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 […]
Find A Spark Of Creative Inspiration This Summer With These 5 API YouTubers
Summer—the season of relaxation and a much needed break from studying. And, plenty of time to take up a new hobby, watch a few movies or discover a new […]
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 tony 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; […]
