In April 2018, the web was seized by storm when a short news release from DC Comics and Warner Bros. announced that director Cathy Yan would helm an already […]
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Christine Ko Is Here To Tell A New Kind Of Asian American Story With ‘Tigertail’
The film “Tigertail” focuses on illuminating secrets, but not the salacious kind one might typically expect from a Netflix drama. “There are many things I never told you,” Grover […]
Get Ahold Of ‘Switchblade,’ NIKI’s Brand-New Single
If you’re searching for the best music to listen to during self-isolation, NIKI has got some good news for you. On April 2, the 21-year-old instrumentalist, songwriter and producer […]
Buko Pie, Adobo Fried Rice And More: The Staples Of Margarita Manzke’s Sari Sari Store
At downtown Los Angeles’ Sari Sari Store, bags of chips, jars of preserves and packets of dry noodles adorn the front of the stall. Colorful tins and containers hold […]
Speedskating Legend Apolo Ohno Breaks The Ice On Caregiving
Just because Apolo Ohno has retired from speed skating doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. America’s most decorated Winter Olympian has spent the past decade conquering new, less frigid arenas—from […]
Dale Talde And Agnes Chung-Talde Put AAPI Flair On Upscale Dining
Dale Talde and Agnes Chung-Talde first met surrounded by food, at Dale’s ticketed backyard BBQ in Brooklyn, and as they say, the rest is history. But for us, the […]
Actor Orion Lee Travels Back In Time In A24’s ‘First Cow’
Actor Orion Lee sits in a white, minimalist room on the top floor of a swanky Los Angeles office tower. Against blue-sky views of West Hollywood, lit with soft […]
Matters Of The Heart: The Trailer For Alan Yang’s ‘Tigertail’ Has Arrived
How far can one go to chase a goal? The latest film from writer and director Alan Yang (“Master of None”), “Tigertail” explores the story of a Taiwanese factory […]
Filmmaker Sahra Nguyen Is Serving Up Vietnamese Coffee The Right Way
Nearly 9,000 miles away in a central highland province of Vietnam, a rich source of Arabica and Robusta coffee beans grows. The beans receive year-round sunshine and get their […]
Chef Shirley Chung Brings Hot Takes To Traditional Meals
As gas flames waltz with heavy woks, dishes make thunderous cascades of sound as they’re piled onto one another under running water. Onions and vegetables are chopped in a […]
How Dang Foods Is Changing Up The Snack Game
On a cool Thursday evening in Los Angeles, Koreatown’s Little Grace event space was abuzz with a large crowd, who’d gathered to celebrate something first and foremost on many […]
Review: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung’s ‘The Eighth Girl’ Investigates Misogyny And Freud
“The Eighth Girl” begins at the end of our protagonist’s story, on a bridge as she contemplates suicide. What follows—or precedes—is the page-turning action-packed thriller of a photojournalist driven […]
From Spanish Turbot To Unicorns, Chef Jonathan Yao Translates His Michelin Starred Menu
Between a Persian restaurant and a pupuseria, chef Jonathan Yao works meticulously on his tasting menu at Kato. The Michelin starred joint is a time capsule; Yao brings in […]
Samosas, Bollywood And A Female Sherlock Holmes: Disney’s Premieres First South Asian Children’s Show, ‘Mira, Royal Detective’
A little girl in a royal blue detective’s uniform dances across the screen with two animated mongooses. As she locates a clue, she pulls out her magnifying glass and […]
Review: Producer TOKiMONSTA Welcomes Listeners To Paradise In ‘Oasis Nocturno’
Back in January, TOKiMONSTA surprised her fans by posting a visualizer of her new album on social media, featuring a pair of hands rising from the ground, holding a […]
Get Ready, Anime Fans: ‘Bleach’ Is Back
After a long wait, “Bleach” is finally getting the ending it deserves. “Weekly Shonen Jump” has confirmed in a Twitter post that the “Thousand-Year Blood War” arc will finally […]
