‘The Big Sick’: A real life romantic comedy
Film Review By Diana Cheng For Asian immigrants living in North America, a mixed-race marriage is no surprise. But the initial courtship of actor/comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his therapist wife Emily[…]
Category: Arts
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‘Birdshot’: A tale of birds and men
Film Review By Diana Cheng Asian American Press Philippines’ feature film “Birdshot”, written and directed by Mikhail Red, is one of six entries at the New York Asian Film Festival[…]
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‘The Road to Mandalay’ to screen at the NYAFF
Film review By Diana Cheng Asian American Press Since its premiere and win at the Venice Film Festival last year, Myanmar born Taiwanese director Midi Z’s feature has garnered accolades[…]
Art comes to life in Guthrie show
Theater Review By Hoo Sook Hwang Asian American Press MINNEAPOLIS (June 24, 2017) — Arts comes to life in “Sunday in the Park with George” at the Guthrie Theater through Aug.[…]
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‘Circus 1903’ is an acrobatic delight
Theater Review By Hoo Sook Hwang Asian American Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (June 27, 2017) — The glory days of the circus come alive again in “Circus 1903, The Golden Age[…]
‘A Double Life’ poses a quest for meaning
By Diana Cheng Asian American Press The debut feature film of Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi, “A Double Life”, is in competition for the New York Asian Film Festival’s award for[…]
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Thailand’s ‘Bad Genius’ kicks off New York Asian Film Festival
By Diana Cheng Asian American Press The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema will present the sixteenth edition of the NYAFF from June 30 to July 13 at the Film[…]
Voicing out for ‘Silence’ and other adaptations
By Diana Cheng Asian American Press It’s a bit sad to see Martin Scorsese having had to defend the cinema. He wrote the piece in the May 31 issue of[…]
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Fei Xie appointed principal bassoon of the Minnesota Orchestra
MINNEAPOLIS (May 31, 2017) — Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra announced today that Fei Xie (pronounced Fay Shee-eh) has won the position of Principal Bassoon with the[…]
Playwrights’ Center announces 2017-18 McKnight Fellows, new Core Writers
MINNEAPOLIS (June 1, 2017) — The Playwrights’ Center is excited to announce the 2017-18 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient, 2017-18 McKnight Fellows in Playwriting, 2017-18 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows,[…]
