Category Archives: Movies

Thoughts as an Audience Member: The 32nd Annual Asian American International Film Festival

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Connie

This weekend I was reminded of why I want to continue making films. Watching Witness to Hiroshima in the Museum of Chinese in America, I sat in silence and in awe. Through watercolor paintings, former Japanese soldier Keiji Tsuchiya recounts … Continue reading →

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Charlyne Yi Captures Paper Heart

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Moye

I wrote about musician/comedian/artist Charlyne Yi’s new mockumentary, Paper Heart, earlier and I was fortunate enough to attend an early screening of the film earlier this month. Conclusion? Paper Heart perfectly captures Yi’s struggle to understand true love and her … Continue reading →

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Claustrophobia, Paper Heart at the Asian American International Film Festival

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Lily Huang

Claustrophobia will play on opening night (tonight!) of the Asian American International Film Festival. The screening will be its New York premiere. Q&A with Ivy Ho follows. Also playing tonight: Paper Heart, a documentary by Charlyne Yi who goes in … Continue reading →

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Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith Start Karate Kid Remake

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Ernie

That’s right, children of the 80’s, your favorite iconic movie starring Ralph Macchio is getting a remake with the son of Will Smith (because it’s 2009, and Black kids can learn martial arts in movies) and Jackie Chan (because honestly, … Continue reading →

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“Kia-ville,” Georgia Reminds Me of “Gung Ho”

Posted on July 10, 2009 by John

Embedded video from CNN Video You know, the US auto industry and manufacturing base isn’t doing so hot these days. So when West Point, Georgia, a town about 80 miles Southwest of Atlanta heard that the Korean auto manufacturer Kia … Continue reading →

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Proof that Russell of Disney/Pixar’s Up is Asian: The Color Scripts

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Teresa

OMG! I can finally sleep now that I am certain Russell, the cute kid in Disney/Pixar’s Up, is in fact Asian. I mean, just look at the colour scripts for the film — Pixar was sensitive enough to have foreseen … Continue reading →

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Shi Pei Pu, The Original “M. Butterfly”, Dies at Age 70

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Efren

Shi Pei Pu, the inspiration of David Henry Hwang‘s acclaimed play, M. Butterfly, was reported by the New York Times to have died recently at the age of 70 years in Paris. Shi Pei Pu and his lover, Bernard Bouriscot, … Continue reading →

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How lame do you have to be to steal a wheelchair?*

Posted on June 19, 2009 by jozjozjoz

Elaine Touch is a beautiful 24 year-old college grad from Long Beach. She aspires for a career in public relations and she’s in the news. Why? Because the custom wheelchair that she relies on to live her life was stolen … Continue reading →

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8 Questions for Bang-yao Liu, the creator of DEADLINE (Post-It Animation piece)

Posted on June 17, 2009 by jozjozjoz

I found myself wanting to know more about the person behind that awesome video DEADLINE, so I reached out to the creator, Bang-yao Liu (劉邦耀), who was kind enough to answer 8 Questions (the first in a new series) for … Continue reading →

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DEADLINE: Stop Motion Animation with Post-Its by Bang-Yao Liu

Posted on June 13, 2009 by jozjozjoz

This has been making the rounds (including shout-outs from Ashton Kutcher on Twitter), but I love it so much I’ve watched it three times and still feed the need to share it. Made by Bang-yao Liu, a Taiwanese student at … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Departures

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Xxxtine

Opening today in select theatres in Toronto and Vancouver is the Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film Departures, a Japanese film about a cellist turned undertaker. When the orchestra he plays in disbands, Daigo moves with his wife … Continue reading →

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The Hangover’s Ken Jeong

Posted on June 11, 2009 by John

Ernie had previously blogged about Asian American doctor AND actor Ken Jeong when he first appeared in the comedy hit Knocked Up; Ken has been making the rounds lately and was most recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live promoting The Hangover, … Continue reading →

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