Category Archives: Movies

Miyazaki’s ‘Ponyo’ Opens Friday

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Moye

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animation, Ponyo, officially opens in the States this Friday, August 14th.  Already the 8th highest grossing film in Japan’s box office history, Ponyo follows a new interpretation of The Little Mermaid, where the love for a kind … Continue reading →

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Giveaway: Ping Pong Playa DVD, Personally Autographed by Jimmy Tsai!

Posted on August 8, 2009 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE: Comments are closed and the winner is being contacted… announcement to follow in the next couple of days! Those of you who can’t take advantage of our Asian American Arts Stimulus Package 2 giveaway, pay attention on how you … Continue reading →

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John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ernie

John Hughes is dead of a heart attack. And while yes, Hughes was a director, producer and writer of a lot of awesome movies in the 1980’s like The Breakfast Club and single-handedly put Molly Ringwald on everybody’s radars, consider … Continue reading →

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Japanese Dolphin-Hunting Exposed in New Documentary

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Linda

I can’t wait to see the new documentary The Cove, about dolphin hunting in Taijii, Japan. Here is the description from Sundance Film Festival: “…the town has a dark, horrifying secret that it doesn’t want the rest of the world … Continue reading →

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Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst Opens Friday

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Moye

Move over, Twilight. The world needs less sparkly vampires and more bloodthirsty humans from South Korea, like Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst, which opens tomorrow in limited theaters around the United States. Park Chan-Wook, best known for directing Oldboy and Sympathy for … Continue reading →

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“24 City,” movie from China’s most noted contemporary filmmaker: Win tickets to opening night in SF!

Posted on July 29, 2009 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE: Our winner has been selected! Congrats to Peter Lo who will be seeing 24 City this weekend. Thanks to everyone for playing and to Landmark Theatres for providing free tickets! Moye and I recently watched “Paper Heart,” which was … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Eyelid Surgery, Thoughts as a Filmmaker: Beautiful Sisters

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Connie

[Editors note: Connie’s post about her experiences as an attendee and a filmmaker have already been blogged about, but after finding the documentary on YouTube, I felt it appropriate to repost her experiences as a filmmaker, but this time with … Continue reading →

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Thoughts as an Audience Member: The 32nd Annual Asian American International Film Festival

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Connie

This weekend I was reminded of why I want to continue making films. Watching Witness to Hiroshima in the Museum of Chinese in America, I sat in silence and in awe. Through watercolor paintings, former Japanese soldier Keiji Tsuchiya recounts … Continue reading →

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Charlyne Yi Captures Paper Heart

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Moye

I wrote about musician/comedian/artist Charlyne Yi’s new mockumentary, Paper Heart, earlier and I was fortunate enough to attend an early screening of the film earlier this month. Conclusion? Paper Heart perfectly captures Yi’s struggle to understand true love and her … Continue reading →

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Claustrophobia, Paper Heart at the Asian American International Film Festival

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Lily Huang

Claustrophobia will play on opening night (tonight!) of the Asian American International Film Festival. The screening will be its New York premiere. Q&A with Ivy Ho follows. Also playing tonight: Paper Heart, a documentary by Charlyne Yi who goes in … Continue reading →

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Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith Start Karate Kid Remake

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Ernie

That’s right, children of the 80’s, your favorite iconic movie starring Ralph Macchio is getting a remake with the son of Will Smith (because it’s 2009, and Black kids can learn martial arts in movies) and Jackie Chan (because honestly, … Continue reading →

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“Kia-ville,” Georgia Reminds Me of “Gung Ho”

Posted on July 10, 2009 by John

Embedded video from CNN Video You know, the US auto industry and manufacturing base isn’t doing so hot these days. So when West Point, Georgia, a town about 80 miles Southwest of Atlanta heard that the Korean auto manufacturer Kia … Continue reading →

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