By Alina Shen Photo by Marion Aguas (marionaguas.com) True to its name, An Asian American Film Thing was a run of short films and trailers, followed by performers. The lineup featured films from the emcees, Hye Yun Park and Angel Yau, as well as d ...
Asian CineVision Announces The 40th Asian American International Film Festival Program
NEW YORK, NY - The 40th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF40), presented by Asian CineVision in association with Asia Society, announces the schedule of screenings to be held from July 26 to August 5 at Asia Society and Village East Cinema ...
Hong Kong Cinema: 20 Years
By Daryl Chin By the end of the 1960s, Hong Kong's film industry was booming. It had become world renowned for the brashness of its action pictures, created with such exuberance and crafted precision. The stunts in those movies have become le ...
AAIFF40! CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) premiered in the summer of 1978 in New York City answering a growing need for social understanding, cultural diversity in American life, and independent cinema. AAIFF is the fi ...
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Interview with Shingo Usami, Writer/Actor/Director of RICEBALLS
CineVue got the inside scoop on RICEBALLS chatting with Shingo Usami, who wore the writer, actor, and director hats. In the poignant film, a recently widowed Kenji does his best to remind his young son of their cultural heritage, making clumsily-crafted J ...
If I Can’t See You, You Can’t See Me: On TYRUS and Representation
By Alexa Strabuk Centipede still from TYRUS. Credit: Sara Jane Boyers It was a muggy summer day in New York City and typically unbearable. Escaping my air condition-less apartment in Brooklyn, I found myself at the Met, seeking refuge there until t ...
Interview with Masayuki Kusaka, Producer of HARRY ON THE CLOUDS
Kari Lindberg, on behalf of CineVue, was fortunate enough to chat with Masayuki Kusaka, producer of HARRY ON THE CLOUDS. In this bittersweet animation, a baby sheep, on his road to heaven, tries to visit his mourning mother before he crosses over for good ...
Interview with Writer/Director Lam Can-zhao of THE DOG
Director Lam Can-zhao's debut feature film THE DOG follows a lonely rebel’s unpredictable, peculiar and incredible journey. Shot documentary-style while employing characteristics of hybrid cinema, THE DOG’s low-tech and casual style reveals a wealth of st ...