Misa Shikuma
Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple explores themes of sacrifice, loyalty, and the loss of innocence
In Ms. Purple, director Justin Chon uses the seedy underbelly of LA’s Koreatown as a backdrop for the delicate story of a ruptured family. Co-written by Chon and Chris Dinh, and featuring Tiffany Chu...
Mindy Kaling writes and stars in feature film “Late Night”, which tackles white male...
Late Night, directed by Nisha Ganatra from a screenplay by Mindy Kaling, who also stars, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival held in January to wild cheers and applause. Featuring Emma Thompson as a...
Awkafina shines in feature film, “The Farewell”, about family relations across generations and cultural...
“Based on an actual lie,” proclaims The Farewell, the second feature from concert-pianist-turned filmmaker Lulu Wang, which was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in January. Inspired by her own family’s dealing with...
“We Are Little Zombies” is a punk coming of age story that could achieve...
Two years after winning the Short Film Grand Jury Prize for And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool, director Makoto Nagahisa returns to the Sundance Film Festival (held in January) with his debut feature-length film, We...
Documentary shows the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes her cult of personality in...
Director Alex Gibney, whose previous works include Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, debuted his latest deep dive into corporate fraud and the tragic CEO at the 2019...
“Searching” starring John Cho is a triumph for representation and original storytelling and filmmaking
“Someday, someone will write a thesis on this film,” said the Q&A moderator following the world premiere of Aneesh Chaganty's groundbreaking debut Searching, which won the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize. Taking...
“The Third Murder” plays this weekend only at SIFF Cinema Uptown: Aug. 24 ,...
The Third Murder opens with the visceral shot of a burning body. Unfortunately, what follows over the course of the next two hours is much less interesting.
Koji Yakusho stars as Misumi, a previously convicted...
Film documentarian Li-Shin Yu: “Issues about race and everything that is on fire today...
For all the atrocities that the current administration is committing – the systematic purges of immigrants, the ban on individuals from certain countries entering our borders, the cruel severing of family units – most...
“Ask the Sexpert” tells the story of India’s foremost sex expert
For nearly a decade, nonagenarian and retired gynecologist Dr. Mahinder Watsa has been writing a daily sex column for the Mumbai Mirror newspaper. His candor and humor are legend amongst the city’s urban dwellers...
Pham’s Nailed It digs into Vietnamese American resilience
In any given metropolitan area or strip mall in America, chances are there are at least a few Vietnamese-owned nail salons. Tracing the roots of the industry to the diaspora precipitated by the Vietnam...