Iconic Director Wayne Wang returns to his Indie Roots in “Coming Home Again”
Acclaimed director Wayne Wang's (The Joy Luck Club, Smoke, Chan Is Missing) moving new film, Coming Home Again is based on a personal essay by award-winning Korean American writer Chang-rae Lee published in The New Yorker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CmAlgRCEAI This emotional, intimate family drama about a mother,...
The Big Umbrella: Reflections on PBS – “Asian Americans”
The Series at a glimpse The Asian American story is one of deep and diverse perspective and nuance. The recent PBS and Center for Asian American Media series Asian Americans undertakes a bold attempt to...
Looking back at Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the mood for love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWVDZ98AFhI September 29 2019 marks 19 years
since the release of Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the mood for love” in Hong Kong. To
date this film is considered one of the great masterpieces of contemporary East
Asian cinema and...
Global Peace Film Festival: “Nailed it”
A Feature Length Documentary by Adele Free Pham The Story A fortuitous encounter with 20 Vietnamese refugee women and The Birds actress Tippi Hedren in 1975, sparks the Asian nail salon as...
The Farewell – Movie Reflections
Last week Lulu Wang’s film “The
Farewell” starring Awkwafina was released in cinemas, through an initiative by
Allied Global Marketing I was fortunate enough to attend an advanced screening
of the film for the Central Florida region...
Motion Picture Video’s Film “Dueling Dragons,” the Story of Orlando’s “Cops and Kids” Dragon...
Motion Picture Video’s film, “Dueling Dragons,” the story of Orlando’s Dueling Dragons “Cops and Kids” dragon boat team, had a US debut on Amazon Prime Video on Thanksgiving Day. The full-length documentary is...
Story of Orlando’s “Cops and Kids” Dragon Boat Team to Debut on Amazon Prime...
Motion Picture Video’s film, “Dueling Dragons,” the story of Orlando’s Dueling Dragons “Cops and Kids” dragon boat team, will debut on Amazon Prime Video on Thanksgiving Day. The full-length documentary is free to watch for Amazon...
‘Crazy Rich Asians’, a cultural movement in American cinema
Back in June 2017 I vividly recall strolling through Barnes & Noble and laying my eyes on Kevin Kwan’s ‘Crazy Rich’ trilogy laid out on the shelf; the third book Rich People Problems had...
MOVIE REVIEW: “CRAZY RICH ASIANS”
Tonight, August 8th I watched the preview screening of the long-awaited movie "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" based on the best selling novel of Kevin Kwan now available in bookstores. All I can say is that...
“In Search of Perfect Consonance” – A Chat with the Director
Last month at the Global Peace Film Festival, I watched the short documentary "In Search of Perfect Consonance". I was lucky enough to sit down and chat with Director Ruby Yang and she spoke about the making and...
