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Category Archives: 8mm Film Review
CAAMFest 2024: Smoking Tigers
I wasn’t able to see an in person screening of Smoking Tigers at CAAMFest but given the topic, I thought I would be interested in the film and thought I’d watch the screener: “Hayoung, a Korean American teenager dealing with her … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Abin Andrews, CAAM, CAAMFest, Jeong Jun-ho, Ji-young Yoo, Smoking Tigers, So Young Shelly Yo
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CAAMFest 2024: The Lyricist Wannabe – Mini-Review & Post-screening Q&A
Earlier this year, I attended a Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office – San Francisco (HKETO-SF) event in Silicon Valley and had met the director Norris Wong. I subsequently got invited to CAAMFest supported Hong Kong films, including The Lyricist … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cantonese, Cantopop, Hong Kong, hong kong cinema
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CAAMFest 2024: Light of the Setting Sun
Going into this film, I didn’t know much about Light of the Setting Sun except from the CAAMFest program description: “Candid conversations meet photographic scenes, as the details of violence begin to take shape, and we witness how deep the … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024: “Home Court” – The Basketball Journey of Ashley Chea
Director Erica Tanamachi, Producer Jenn Lee Smith, Executive Producer Diane Quon, and Writer/Editor Jean Kawahara Home Court was one of the CAAMFest 2024 films I was most excited to screen: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cambodian Americans, Princeton
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SF Film Festival Opening Night: Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’
I had the great honor of meeting filmmaker Sean Wang back in December 2023 screening his documentary short Nai Nai and Wài Pó and again in February 2024 after the short was nominated for an Oscar. Because of that experience, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi, Dìdi (弟弟), Joan Chen, Sean Wang, SF Film Festival
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SF Film Festival: A Tribute to Joan Chen + “Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl”
I had the honor and pleasure of attending the 2024 San Francisco Film Festival and was excited to see iconic filmmaker Joan Chen being honored at this year’s festival. I most remember her in her roles in The Last Emperor … Continue reading
Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
Directed by Kentaro Takemura, the main character of Japanese teen romance movie Our Secret Diary, high schooler Nozomi Kuroda (Hiyori Sakurada), is your classic Japanese shy girl next door who also adorably happens to be a bit of a closet … Continue reading
8mm Review: The Last Repair Shop
As I mentioned on my post on Nai Nai and Wài Pó, I also screened The Last Repair Shop. Although this 40 minute short documentary is not necessarily Asian American related, I did want to review it and give it … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series
Tagged Academy Awards, Ben Proudfoot, Oscars, The Last Repair Shop
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Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó: Review and Q&A with Oscar Nominated filmmaker Sean Wang
One of the things I have loved about living in the San Francisco Bay Area since I had moved out here in 1999 has been attending CAAMFest, or what it was known previous, as the San Francisco International Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged CAAMFest, Movie Review, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, San Francisco, Sean Wang
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Island in Between: Review and Q&A with Oscar-Nominated Director S. Leo Chiang
I live in Silicon Valley, and one of the benefits is that I live about five miles from Stanford University, where are often quite a few events of interest to me that are open to the public. Recently, there was … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Current Events, History
Tagged 8mm Film Review, 8series, Academy Awards, China, Kinmen, Local, Oscars, PRC, ROC, S. Leo Chiang, San Francisco Bay Area, Taiwan
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8mm Review: Quiz Lady
Awkwafina and Sandra Oh star in Hulu’s Quiz Lady, which premiered on November 3rd: “A hilarious and heartfelt comedy starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh as estranged sisters forced to cover their mother’s gambling debts, set out to get the cash … Continue reading
SVAPFF 2023: ‘A Great Divide’ – Q&A and Review (Spoilers)
A few weeks ago, I attended my first screening at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF), the 9th and most recent edition of the festival. I was eager to see the independent film A Great Divide, as I had … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, Emerson Min, Jean Shim, Ken Jeong
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