Written By: Kano Umezaki This article may contain spoilers. In addition to cultural estrangement, the Korean migrant experience can also be characterized by its forgettings. With a severed homeland leading to forced transnation ...
‘Kim’s Convenience:’ A would-be classic with clipped wings
Written By: Nathan Liu This article contains spoilers. As the credits rolled on the final episode of “Kim’s Convenience,” the Canadian sitcom about a Korean family running a store in Toronto, I had one thought in my mind, “what a waste.” Bet ...
Yeena Sung: The actor’s agency
From theatre kid to TV star to theatre again Written By: Demi Guo The actor’s agency “When I first came to the States, the thing that kept me sane was taking acting classes from an after-school program,” Yeena Sung said. Moving is difficult for all chil ...
‘Minari’ — Family matters
Written By: Jeremy Lim A touching and heartfelt story about what it means to be a Korean American immigrant, Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” takes an incredibly personal account of Arkansas in the 1980s and turns it into something that can be understood by al ...
Justin Chon addresses filial piety, growth, and what it means to be Korean American in ‘Ms. Purple’
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 ...
Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee tell a true Korean American story in ‘Happy Cleaners’
Written By: Michelle Ahn “Happy Cleaners” starts off with chaos — a family fight over the dinner table about a rebellious son’s dream to follow his passion, and a stubborn mom’s philosophy that the only path to success is higher education. The fi ...
Interview with Director Andrew Ahn and Actor Joe Seo of SPA NIGHT
Andrew Ahn's debut feature film SPA NIGHT explores its protagonist David's Korean Americaness through his sexual exploration in Korean spas. David (Joe Seo) wrestles with the expectations of his struggling immigrant parents (Youn Ho Cho and Haerry Kim ...