Junho (South Korea/USA, 2021) [CAAMFest 2021]
After testing the waters with a few shorts, Korean-American director David Boo is coming to the Center for Asian American Media festival (CAAMFest) with his...
Beyond the Dream (Hong Kong, 2019) [Focus Hong Kong 2021]
Mental illness has always been a difficult subject to handle on the silver screen. Sadly, many films of the past have abused it by using...
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (Japan, 2020) [JFTFP 2021]
Post-war Japanese urban life was filled with chaos, confusion, and forays into a new kind of life unfamiliar to a war-torn nation. Izuru Narashima’s latest...
Not Quite Dead Yet (Japan, 2020) [JFTFP 2021]
They say, be careful what you wish for, especially when what you wish is someone else’s death. You might just get it, and that’s not...
Hope’s Home (USA, 2021) [SF IndieFest 2021]
Hope is about to take her first trip to China since she was an infant. She’s stunned by how little she remembers the place, and...
The Paper Tigers (USA, 2020) [SDAFF 2020]
Quite often, western martial art movies are like fake unicorns; they rarely deliver on what they promise. Once in a while, however, we get a...
Moving On (South Korea, 2019) [Reel Asian 2020]
Yoon Dan-bi is another addition in the increasing list of female South Korean directors that are making the international film festival circuit. Her feature film...
SF8, Episode 1 – “The Prayer” (South Korea, 2020)
Science Fiction is often considered a decidedly American invention. However untrue this statement may be, the cinematic representation of SF has, for most of its...
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
A perception exist that Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness philosophy has made the country one of “the happiest places in the world,” but the reality is...
The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead (Taiwan, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Feature films are hard to make. Sometimes, true artists sacrifice their health and sanity to see their dreams come alive on the big screen, and...