Jennifer Lee
Animated film Mirai is fun for the whole family
Mamoru Hosoda, the director of several acclaimed Japanese animated films such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast, has released a new film that will please...
A letter makes its way out of a Chinese labor camp and into Oregon...
The phrase “Made in China” has become so ubiquitous worldwide that it is easy to accept and take for granted. Consumers, busy with their own lives and intent on finding the best deal either...
Vivian Hua brings a social justice lens to the Northwest Film Forum as...
Social justice has always been important for Northwest Film Forum’s newly appointed executive director Vivian Hua. Perhaps the source comes from the fact that her grandparents had escaped to Taiwan during China’s Cultural Revolution...
The Promised Neverland manga series: Six volumes of human flesh-eating monsters and orphans on...
Imagine having the perfect life: You have access to friends who are close enough to be family members all throughout the day. You never have to worry about food or money. You are surrounded...
“The Apology” documentary breaks the silence of suffering felt by ‘comfort women’ who survived...
When director Tiffany Hsiung set off to document a study tour in 2009 about the atrocities of World War II in Asia, she never expected to become so moved by the testimonies she heard...
Author R.O. Kwon talks cults, losing her religion and getting out of the perfectionist...
R. O. Kwon released her first book, The Incendiaries (see Jennifer Lee's review of it in the IE), on July 31 and will be making a pit-stop in Seattle on Nov. 9 at 7:30...
A conversation with Daryn Wakasa, director of the haunting intergenerational trauma thriller, ‘Seppuku’
Daryn Wakasa is director of the experimental supernatural thriller Seppuku, which explores the intergenerational trauma of WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans through the struggles of its protagonist Mari Yoshimori (Akemi Look), an Olympic athlete. Wakasa will have...
‘Seppuku’ is a supernatural thriller that confronts intergenerational trauma and through the lens of...
Seppuku is a hauntingly beautiful film, that reminds us that trauma and hardship resulting from government decisions can trickle down and affect generations of families in ways that are subtle and not easy to fathom
Tragedy, religious fanaticism, cults told through the stories of three Korean Americans in R.O....
If one were to judge a book by its cover, The Incendiaries could easily be overlooked. Its diminutive size and lightness, although ideal for readers who still read hardcovers, could easily be overshadowed by...
