“A Great Divide” is a Compelling Exploration of anti-Asian Racism that Deserves More Time
An expansive, desolate wilderness. A lone, gleaming mansion on a hill. A family arrives at their palatial new abode, but…
Category: Movies
Highlighting Disabled Creators in the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge
On March 28, a five-day short film challenge started that provided disabled creators a chance to represent themselves from, behind,…
“Rising Against Asian Hate” Looks into the Past and the Future, and Sees Hope
March 16th 2021 was a dark day for the Asian American community. That was the day of the spa shootings…
Adoptees Call For Boycott of “Blue Bayou”
Last Friday, filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest – Blue Bayou – opened in theatres nationwide, and I interviewed Chon as well…
Finding Peace in the End: In Conversation with Blue Bayou’s Linh-Dan Pham
Asian American filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest film – Blue Bayou – opens today in theatres nationwide. In the film, Linh-Dan…
Bringing a Transnational Korean American Adoptee Story to Film: In Conversation with ‘Blue Bayou’ Filmmaker Justin Chon
Asian American filmmaker Justin Chon’s latest film – Blue Bayou – opens today in theatres nationwide. Blue Bayou tells the…
Learning To See The Shang-Chi In Me
By Guest Contributor: Nam Le This post was originally published on Patreon as Snapshots, from the life of a person…
Raya and the Last Dragon: a powerful story of personal, political healing
By Guest Contributor: Mai Nguyen Do Note: This essay contains mild spoilers for the film ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’.…
Minari: Unsettling “Belonging” to Asian/Amerika
By: Victoria M. Huỳnh When Minari was omitted from the Golden Globes’ “main” categories for Best Picture, Asian diasporas came…
More Queer than Gay, ‘The Half of It’ is Wholly Necessary
By Guest Contributor: Kim Tran This post first appeared in Wear Your Voice Magazine and contains mild spoilers for the…
What I Want From Chester Tam’s Upcoming Rom-Com Film
By Guest Contributor: Monique Jones (@moniqueblognet) Note: A version of this article originally appeared last year in Just Add Color.…
Focusing on Parasite’s Success Misses an Opportunity to Challenge Anti-Blackness
By Guest Contributor: Nicholas Wong Last month, people around the world celebrated the underdog success of Korean film Parasite as…