Dear Friends of ACV, Asian CineVision is excited to announce that the 43rd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF43) will take place October 1st-11th, 2020, in an entirely online format for the very first time! This is a challenging ...
Quarantine watching: ‘Tigertail’
Written By: Demi Guo Quietly enrapturing, “Tigertail” does not mince on the small details, down to the meaning of its title. Alan Yang’s newest contribution to Netflix is the age-old story of an immigrant father and the dreams he shed on his path to a new ...
OK see you: Steady sailing at Kim’s Convenience
Steady sailing at Kim’s Convenience
Bruce Lee: A flesh and blood folk hero
Written By: Nathan Liu Bruce Lee. What more do I need to say? You all know him, the actor and martial artist whose hit films helped bridge the gap between East and West. He’s the man who created Jeet Kune Do, the hybrid fighting style that paved t ...
Farewell to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
Written By: Saiya Floyd Looking back, the 2010s were a jolt of energy that catapulted Asian American media representation solidly into the mainstream. Of course there had been a few breakthrough stars before the 2010s, and a few movies and TV shows th ...
‘Nora from Queens’ is the best quarter-life crisis therapy session we could get
Nora’s a loser, and that’s okay. We’re all losers too. Written By: Demi Guo from Queens Awkwafina is fresh off her roles as Peik Lin in “Crazy Rich Asians,” Constance in “Ocean’s 8” and literally every Asian American ever in “The Farewell.” One wou ...
‘Parasite’ and the power of the Internet to uplift voices
Written By: Nathan Liu When Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” a Korean thriller about a poor family lying their way into a rich family’s employ, was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and Bong himself was nominated for Best Director, I had two ...
Sessue Hayakawa: America’s forgotten sex symbol
Written By: Nathan Liu In a 2015 interview with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, actor Daniel Dae Kim described how he thought it was time for Asian performers to take leading roles. Specifically, he insisted that it was time for Asi ...
Capturing the ever-changing ‘Chinatown Vibes’
Written By: Demi Guo “Another one,” the frowny face seemed to say. Chinatown Vibes’ Instagram story featured yet one more neighborhood business closed down for good. Sheng Lin spent much of his early life in Chinatown. It felt only right to documen ...