Building Community Within Diversity
By Diana Cheng AAP film and arts writer CALGARY — (Sept. 28, 2018) — Lebanese actor/director Nadine Labaki’s affective rendering of 12-year-old Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) on the streets of Beirut[…]
By Diana Cheng AAP Film and Arts Writer TORONTO (Sept. 19, 2018) — Throughout his oeuvre over the past decade, prolific Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has been asking the question “What[…]
By Hoo Sook Hwang AAP Theatre Writer MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 17, 2018) — Recently, I was the lucky recipient of an unbelievable, “Golden opportunity!” I was one of a few fortunate ticket[…]
By Diana Cheng AAP film and arts writer TIFF Review TORONTO (Sept. 15, 2018) — Twenty-five years after it first premiered at the historic, century-old Elgin Theatre on Sept. 16, 1993, “The[…]
TIFF Review by Diana Cheng AAP film and arts writer TORONTO (Sept. 12, 2018) — “Burning” is a film adaptation of the short story “Barn Burning” by the popular Japanese[…]
By Diana Cheng AAP Arts and Film Writer The inaugural Seattle Taiwanese American Film Festival (STAFF) will take place June 29 to July 1. Sponsored by the Taiwanese American Professionals[…]
By Diana Cheng AAP Arts & Entertainment Hirokazu Kore-eda has often been compared to the venerable Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. The obvious parallel is that they both focus on the[…]
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[…]
