Building Community Within Diversity
By Diana Cheng SIFF Review Writer-director Sadaf Foroughi’s “Ava” is an engrossing story about a teenager’s coming-of-age experience in Iran. Bound by the ultra-conservative social norms and pressured by a[…]
AAP Theater Review By Hoo Sook Hwang April 20, 2018 Playwright Todd Kreidler took the William Rose script for the 1966 racial integration drama, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” for a[…]
MSPIFF Review By Diana Cheng How do two Chinese high school students from affluent and protective families in Shanghai and Guangzhou adjust to small town America as they pursue, or[…]
AAP film review By Diana Cheng Screening at the 61st San Francisco International Film Festival next week is a feature from Hong Kong. “The White Girl” is co-directed by Jenny[…]
AAP film review By Diana Cheng “Itzhak” is a gem of a documentary on the world-renowned violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman. The 83-minute feature is succinct, covering highlights of his career[…]
SFFILM Film Review By Diana Cheng “A Man of Integrity”, a 2017 feature from Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is a selection in the Masters section of the 61st San Francisco[…]
AAP Book Review By Diana Cheng CALGARY — Mark Sakamoto’s family memoir and autobiography was first published in 2014. The book reemerges to popularity now due to the Canada Reads[…]
AAP Theater Review By Hoo Sook Hwang ST. PAUL, Minn. (Dec. 9, 2017) — Thirteen-year old child actress Carly Gendell and cast drew in a Friday night crowd of over 1,600[…]
AAP Theater Review By Hoo Sook Hwang MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 26, 2017) — “A Christmas Carol,” the seasonal holiday favorite told with song and dance, is currently running through Dec. 30 at The[…]
By Diana Cheng Book Review Chinese American writer Celeste Ng (伍綺詩) had garnered numerous accolades for her debut novel “Everything I Never Told You”, including a New York Times Notable Book of[…]
