Merlyn Bilas
‘100 Days’ follows simmering family dynamics at a Chinese banquet-style dinner and their simmer
100 Days by Canadian Chinese filmmaker, Derek Kwan, is about a family at a 100 day baby celebration that's held at a Chinese banquet–style...
Bunthoeun Real’s short film ‘Donut Boy’ follows a first generation Cambodian American living in...
Cambodian American director Bunthoeun Real's short film Donut Boy is about a first generation Cambodian American man navigating life in Tacoma, WA. Bo (Taylor...
‘Wakamusha’ is a slice of life film revealing degrees of nihilism
After watching Ryutaro Ninomiya's Wakamusha, I asked myself if the alarm over Gen Z's sense of alienation should be one of the more important...
Hong Sanghoo’s masterful ‘In Our Day’ is a love letter to friendship, simple pleasures
A gorgeous antidote to anyone feeling life's burdens, Hong Sanghoo's masterful In Our Day is a love letter to friendship, simple pleasures and quiet...
‘The Sales Girl’ is a black comedy about a sex shop worker in urban...
A slice of urban life is the last thing that comes to mind when considering films set in Mongolia. The Sales Girl, a film...
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ captures otherworldly atmosphere
A glittering landscape of ice and snow and mysterious alpine woods opens Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, a tone poem of a rural...
Don’t miss August screenings of two Hong Kong martial arts movies from director Johnnie...
“The Heroic Trio” dir. Johnnie To
If you’re looking for unhinged fun in your summer movies - and who isn’t during these trying times -...
Recommended watching from the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
The 2022 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival ran from May 5 – 13 with a feast of films for every taste. The following...
Film Movement releases a three-disc trio of films by Lee Isaac Chung
Anyone wishing to explore Lee Isaac Chung's films – director of Oscar nominated Minari – need look no further than the three-disc trio, Munyurangabo,...
Dispatches from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival: Documentaries, feature film and shorts recommendations
Documentaries
TikTok Boom
Director: Shalini Kantayya
Shalini Kantayya continues to explore the inequities that exist in social media with her latest documentary feature, TikTok Boom. Stars and...
