Written By: Aditya Sharma This article may contain spoilers. Growing up as a gay kid in the Bay Area, Alex Liu was fighting to understand his sexual identity. “Until I was 18 I was deathly afraid, so terrified of this part of m ...
From homemade to the big screen: ‘Lumpia With a Vengeance’ rewards its fans
Written By: Michelle Ahn This article may contain spoilers. Lumpias, the beloved Filipino spring rolls, are so good they can be addicting. In “Lumpia With a Vengeance” they literally are and more. Patricio Ginelsa’s “Lumpia W ...
With ‘The Fabulous Filipino Brothers,’ Dante Basco gives us ‘crazy blue-collar Asians.’
Written By: Nathan Liu This article may contain spoilers. Everything you need to know about Dante Basco’s directorial debut, “The Fabulous Filipino Brothers,” is right there in its title. It’s about being a brother and it’s about being Filipino. ( ...
‘Americanish’ mixes light-hearted fun and powerful representation
Written By: Jeremy Lim This article may contain spoilers. Romantic comedies seem to get a bad rap from a lot of people.These detractors point to the formulaic structure that rom-coms like to continuously dole out to the public. ...
Not half but double: ‘Inbetween Girl’ is a thoughtful homage to the quiet teenage growing pains
Written By: Kyubin Kim This article may contain spoilers. There’s something magical happening with teen coming-of-age stories lately and I spoke with lead actor Emma Galbraith to discuss our love of the YA genre, collaborative ...
‘Chan Is Missing’: A search for cultural identity
Written By: Sonny Arifien of Privilege of Legends “If this were a TV mystery, then an important clue would pop up at this time …” Has anyone seen Chan? He went missing back in 1982 and hasn’t been seen since. It seems like a lifetime ago now, and ...
Catch ‘Comisery’ This Memorial Day
Written By: Michelle Ahn This Memorial Day may feel different from previous ones, but you can still enjoy new content from the Asian American community to finish off APAHM strong. While everyone is coping with these uncertain times in different wa ...
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 ...