Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
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 ...
Written By: Saiya Floyd The first thing that strikes you when you see Celia Au in person is that she’s cool. She strides into Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe in SoHo, in a mostly black ensemble (a requisite for any New Yorker), made unique with bold ...
Written by: Demi Guo and Michelle Ahn Kalaya’an means “freedom” in Tagalog. That’s as much as I know, as I shake hands with him and sit down in the Kusina Pinoy Bistro in Queens. He chose this name for himself, to reflect his roots and faith. He is ...
Written By: Nathan Liu Editor's Note: This piece may contain some spoilers. “Your people made this mess. Now you got to live with it.” This statement is made about halfway through the seventh episode of “The Terror: Infamy.” And while a ...
The future of YouTube is the future of America Written By: Demi Guo Is this how the generation before me feels? And, am I the only one who finds the title beautifully, poetically ironic? Now that the first talk show host to be an openly bise ...
Written By: Nathan Liu On the surface, “Sunnyside” sounds like a sitcom you’ve seen before. And, in a sense, it is. You’ve got an arrogant, selfish lead, who used to have a good job but has since been disgraced, and is now using a study group to regai ...
Written By: Michelle Ahn and Demi Guo In the second installment of his unofficial trilogy about Korean American experiences, Justin Chon successfully presents a sophomore film that shows he isn’t stopping anytime soon. While change and growth are pill ...
On July 27th, the 42nd Asian American International Film Festival presented its centerpiece presentation with the New York premiere of Justin Chon's sophomore film "Ms. Purple." Afterwards, a panel was conducted with the filmmakers and talent in atten ...
Written By: Saiya Floyd Genta Matsugami’s “Demolition Girl” transports the audience to rural Japan and offers a look into the life of a working class teenage girl. Set in Gunma Prefecture in the months before the girl’s last year of high school, “Demo ...