‘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[…]
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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[…]
‘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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‘The Song of Cotton’ rings out a life-affirming tune
By Diana Cheng AAP film review CALGARY (May 24, 2017) — “The Song of Cotton” is a selection in the China Stars series at the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival. “The[…]
‘Mr. Long’ is a toss of mixed ingredients
By Diana Cheng Film review CALGARY (May 21, 2017) — The maverick Japanese director Sabu (“Miss Zombie”, SIFF, 2014) brings to the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival a mixture of violence and[…]
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‘Come, Together’ puts a human face on the rat race
By Diana Cheng AAP film review CALGARY (May 17, 2017) — The 43rd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, offering film lovers a 25 day smorgasbord of selections to meet every[…]
‘Godspeed’ sends viewers on a unique journey
By Diana Cheng AAP film review Screened at the 36th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival in the Asian Frontiers program, the Taiwan movie “Godspeed” is an interesting blend of violent[…]
