Tag Archives: Oscars

Where Increasing Asian and Asian American Media Representation has its Limits

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Jeff

It’s impossible to miss the increase in Asian and Asian American representation. This year, Everything Everywhere all at Once and its actors won a number of Golden Globe awards and received several Oscar award nominations.  In the past few years, … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans raise Visibility at the 2021 Academy Awards

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Jeff

Asian Americans became increasingly visible at the 2021 Academy awards, with Chloe Zhao getting Best Director and winning Best Picture for Nomadland.  Youn Yuh-jung won best supporting actress for her role in Minari.  H.E.R. won an award for best song … Continue reading →

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Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ cleans up at the Oscars; watch it now on 4K Ultra HD Digital, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand

Posted on February 10, 2020 by jozjozjoz

Parasite made history last night as the first Korean film to receive an Oscar®, but clinching four top Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film is the pinnacle of a spectacular awards season for … Continue reading →

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Oscar-winning Director Ang Lee’s Never-Ending Dream Essay

Posted on March 4, 2013 by jozjozjoz

It surprised many people when Ang Lee received the directing Oscar for Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards since many predicted that Steven Spielberg would receive it for directing Lincoln. This is Lee’s second Oscar for directing, and … Continue reading →

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8Asians Talkabout: Bong Joon-ho’s “Mother”

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Guest Writer

Every so often, we get clips of movies: In this case, MOTHER 마더, Korea’s official entry to the 2010 Academy Awards Foreign Language Film and directorial follow-up to Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 horror movie, The Host. The link to the trailer … Continue reading →

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