Pacific Arts Movement’s 10th Spring Showcase to Feature the “Freshest Asian Cinema” in a Celebration of Asian Identity
In a 15-film collection, Pacific Art Movement’s 10th San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) Spring Showcase will celebrate Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander identity...
To Kill Alice (South Korea, 2017) [SDAFF 2018]
Where is the line between the free speech of a progressive society and the fighting words that could lead to political destabilization? Kim Sang-kyu’s documentary...
Killing (Japan, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
If one is to assess Killing as the work of Shinya Tsukamoto, you may find it kind of lacking as it is less spectacular than...
How Long Will I love U (China, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
How Long Will I love U concerns Lu Ming (Lei Jiayin) and Gu Xiaojiao (Tong Liya) who live in the same apartment nineteen years apart....
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (Japan, 1985) [SDAFF 2018]
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers is about Shingo (Shingo Kubota) and Kan (Kazuhiro Takagi), lead singers of two rival bands playing the Japanese club...
Fiction and Other Realities (South Korea/USA, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
With just a cursory look at the premise, some viewers might be quick to write off Fiction and Other Realities as a sappy romance movie...
Inland Sea (Japan/USA, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
For his “observational film #7,” Kazuhiro Soda continues to examine the space and community of Ushimado, a port town tucked into the Seto Inland Sea...
Big Brother (Hong Kong, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
It seems that Big Brother executive producer and star Donnie Yen constructed his newest Cantonese film with surgical precision, surrounding himself with such trusted past...
The Witness (South Korea, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
Near the end of Cho Kyu-jang’s film about a witnessed murder and the raw challenge of owning up to one’s witnessing is perhaps the most...
Signal Rock (Philippines, 2018) [SDAFF 2018]
Chito Rono’s Signal Rock is a film that revolves around the day-to-day struggles of a poor family in Biri, Samar and their efforts to help...