Tag Archives: Joan Chen

Remake of ‘The Wedding Banquet’ in Theaters on April 18th

Posted on February 4, 2025 by John

Back in December, I saw actress Joan Chen in San Francisco speaking at a special community screening of Didi, where she mentioned that she was in an upcoming remake of Ang Lee’s classic, The Wedding Banquet, that was going to be … Continue reading →

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Fremont: The Asian American City that rates as “Happiest” in the United States

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Jeff

In the movie Didi, the lead character Chris seems anything but happy.  Ironically, his home of Fremont, which is also the home town of Didi‘s creator Sean Wang, was selected by Wallethub as the happiest city in the United States.  … Continue reading →

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DÌDI (弟弟) Official Trailer Released

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Jeff

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 →

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SF Film Festival Opening Night: Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’

Posted on May 10, 2024 by John

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 →

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SF Film Festival: A Tribute to Joan Chen + “Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl”

Posted on May 6, 2024 by John

I had the honor and pleasure of attending the 2024 San Francisco Film Festival and was excited to see iconic filmmaker Joan Chen being honored at this year’s festival. I most remember her in her roles in The Last Emperor … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: ‘White Frog’

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Please watch this trailer of Quentin Lee’s White Frog…and for the love of God will you please just try to hold back your tears? The movie looks great. It has a top notch cast including Glee homeboy (Harry Shum Jr.), … Continue reading →

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