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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Was Jesus Asian?
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Category Archives: Movies
CAAMFest 2024: “Home Court” – The Basketball Journey of Ashley Chea
Director Erica Tanamachi, Producer Jenn Lee Smith, Executive Producer Diane Quon, and Writer/Editor Jean Kawahara Home Court was one of the CAAMFest 2024 films I was most excited to screen: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cambodian Americans, Princeton
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DÌDI (弟弟) Official Trailer Released
It seemed funny that we talked about Sean Wang and his movie DÌDI (弟弟) but we never included a trailer. We can remedy that as the official trailer from Focus Features has just come out. Like the main character in … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi (弟弟), Fremont, Fremont California, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Sean Wang
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SF Film Festival Talk: Filmmaking Bay Area and “Dìdi (弟弟)” – with Sean Wang
One of the things I love about film festivals is that you can learn more about the film or filmmaker, usually during a post-screening Q&A. With the SF Film Festival, they also had talks with the filmmaker separate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi, Dìdi (弟弟), Sean Wang, SF Film Festival
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SF Film Festival Opening Night: Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’
I had the great honor of meeting filmmaker Sean Wang back in December 2023 screening his documentary short Nai Nai and Wài Pó and again in February 2024 after the short was nominated for an Oscar. Because of that experience, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi, Dìdi (弟弟), Joan Chen, Sean Wang, SF Film Festival
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‘Invisible Nation’ Sells to Abramorama – Premiering May 31
Last October, I was able to screen the documentary Invisible Nation – which I LOVED – about Taiwan at the Mill Valley Film Festival and at a special screening at Stanford University: “An Intimate Portrait of President Tsai Ing-wen fighting … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024 Returns May 9-19: Shining Light on Asian American Stories
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) recently announced its fully in-person program for CAAMFest 2024, which will take place May 9-19, 2024 in San Francisco and Oakland. This year’s festival will include over 35 programs that will spotlight film, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Admissions Granted, CAAMFest, San Francisco
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
Directed by Kentaro Takemura, the main character of Japanese teen romance movie Our Secret Diary, high schooler Nozomi Kuroda (Hiyori Sakurada), is your classic Japanese shy girl next door who also adorably happens to be a bit of a closet … Continue reading
Năi Nai & Wài Pó make it to the Oscars Red Carpet and into Vogue and GQ!
My family and I really enjoyed watching Nai Nai & Wài Pó . Even though the Sean Wang’s short did not win an Oscar, The Daughter shared with me that the real life Nai Nai and Wài Pó were big … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Academy Awards, H.A.G.S., Nai Nai & Wài Pó, Oscars, Sean Wang
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China’s Breakout Hit ‘YOLO’ Opening Friday, March 8th in North America
Since opening in China on February 10th, YOLO has grossed over $464.2 million at the Chinese box office and has become the highest-grossing film over the Lunar New Year holiday, retaining the #1 spot two weekends in a row. China’s … Continue reading
Exclusive Interview with Awkwafina: “Kung Fu Panda 4” Coming March 8th
Awkwafina was in San Francisco recently as “Grand Marshall” for the annual San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade: “A massive crowd showed up to celebrate the Chinese New Year in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Saturday night as Hollywood actress and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Awkafina, Chinese New Year, Entertainment, Kung Fu Panda 4, Local, Movies, parade, San Francisco Bay Area
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Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó: Review and Q&A with Oscar Nominated filmmaker Sean Wang
One of the things I have loved about living in the San Francisco Bay Area since I had moved out here in 1999 has been attending CAAMFest, or what it was known previous, as the San Francisco International Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged CAAMFest, Movie Review, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, San Francisco, Sean Wang
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Apple’s 2024 Chinese New Year Short: Little Garlic
Every year, Apple releases a short film for Chinese New Year that is shot on their latest iPhone, and every year I look forward to the story that is created. This short for this 2024 is called Little Garlic. Apple’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Movies
Tagged Apple, Chinese New Year, iPhone, iPhone 15 Max, Little Garlic, lunar new year, Marc Webb
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