It’s impossible to miss the increase in Asian and Asian American representation. This year, Everything Everywhere all at Once and its actors won a number of Golden Globe awards and received several Oscar award nominations.  In the past few years, movies such as Minari and Parasite have won numerous awards including Parasite’s Best Picture Academy […]

“The number one stereotype that bothered me all my childhood was the ‘smart nerd.’ As an Indian teenager, I was expected to get into a prestigious college because I’m Asian. Substitute teachers would look at me when the smart board wasn’t working. Kids would ask me what I got on the math test. I always […]

Online charitable auction featuring original and iconic props, wardrobe, and set pieces. If you're an Everything Everywhere All at Once superfan like me, you can't get enough of Daniels' multiverse jumping sci-fi action adventure comedy. But how about owning an actual piece from the movie? A24's online charitable auction platform A24 Auctions is offering fans […]

Celine Song's decades-spanning romantic drama premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Damn, that's a hell of a trailer. Here's your first look at Past Lives, writer/director Celine Song's decades-spanning romantic drama starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro. The film premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival is scheduled […]

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Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

"Weather Barroon" The appearance of a Chinese surveillance balloon over North American airspace last week inspired about a thousand hand-wringing discussions about spying and safety. And, predictably, racist jokes. Case in point, this tweet from Joel R. Carter Jr., a state senator from Mississippi who immediately went to the tired and shitty place for this […]

Here’s a first look image for Joy Ride, the upcoming raunchy comedy from director Adele Lim (co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians), and starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, Joy Ride is described as a “hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers […]