“Class of 2019, you’re graduating this year. And you know what? You should know the truth. We were never really a yearbook committee. Instead, we’re gonna make our own secret movie, which you all get to see very, very soon. It’s the movie you deserve. The ...
‘A Father’s Son’ is Chinatown History in Real Time
It's a last glimpse at some familiar faces “A Father’s Son” is Chinatown’s breathing testament to the pandemic. Patrick Xi Hao Chen began filming in 2019. Sustained by community funds, he hurtled through film shoots like he was on a ticking clock. “It’s ...
Yuni: A Looking Glass
A tender glance into the life of a teenager in rural Indonesia Written by: Patricia Kusumaningtyas As the title card rolls, we hear the sound of splashing water. The first frame of the film is a girl, slowly emerging from the bathroom, wearing an all-pur ...
“The World’s Greatest,” Judy Lei’s letter to her younger self
In her first feature film, Judy Lei offers a cathartic reflection on life in Chinatown and her journey to finding herself Written By: Eve Golecruz It’s a film about firsts: the first time our protagonist Judy gets drunk, her first time having sex, her fir ...
Asian/American documentary filmmaking and resistance: A conversation with Renee Tajima-Peña
Written By: Kano Umezaki Back in late June of 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with documentary filmmaker and activist, Renee Tajima-Peña, about the PBS “Asian Americans” series, the origins of the Asian/American political film movement, and the s ...
Between the long and short
Forty minutes between life and death Written By: Demi Guo Content Warning: This article contains deep analyses and discussion of the nature and morality of suicide, which is the core theme of the film. The film starts with gunshots i ...
Composer Sherri Chung on her career and what working on ‘Kung Fu’ has meant to her
Written By: Jeremy Lim If you’ve seen a CW show from the past five or so years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard something composed by Sherri Chung. Chung has worked on a whole host of DC television adaptations, “Riverdale” and most recently, “Kung ...
Portrait of a revolutionary heart: NoCut Film Collective’s ‘A Rifle and a Bag’
Written By: Kano Umezaki This article may contain spoilers. At night, around the time the moon’s gaze is at its highest, three people sit around a fire. “Today was supposed to be my funeral,” one man says. Laughter follows, alo ...
‘Dinner Party’ creates space for us to imagine a better future
Written By: Kyubin Kim This article may contain spoilers. Content warning: sexual assault. For many of us, the world we’re living in now is much different from the world we grew up in. As our knowledge of human experiences broa ...