films
Documentary ‘Hopper/Welles’: When ‘Easy Rider’ met ‘Citizen Kane’
October 29, 2020The documentary Hopper/Welles, which screened at the 34th annual AFI Fest, is to film history what 1989’s When Harry Met Sally is to romcoms.
Read moreModern-day China through Chinese eyes: reviews from Toronto International Film Festival
October 28, 2020U.S. relations with China are possibly at an all-time low, although Washington has opposed the government since the victory of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.
Read moreLGBTQ, homelessness, family, prison at 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 26, 2020In what is likely my final report from this year’s Festival, here are more capsule reviews of short films from Hawaii being screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which is taking place through...
Read moreMore capsule reviews from 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 21, 2020With Kalewa, independent Hawaii filmmaker Mitchel Viernes is reminiscent of Jules Verne, as he takes the South Seas Cinema genre into outer space.
Read moreMalcolm and Martin come to the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
October 21, 2020Pastor Martin Luther King was ahead of his time challenging the system.
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