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It’s a volley! — Chinese American street volleyball documentary hits cable

May 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Ursula Liang’s “labor of love,” 9-Man, which documents the Chinese American sport of street volleyball has received critical acclaim. We first covered the documentary in December 2012. Since then, the film and its makers have traveled the country showing it at various festivals and receiving awards. The film was […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2015, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Best Documentary Feature, Chinese Americans, DVD, Director Ursula Liang, Directors Choice Award, Jason Cruz, Los Angeles, New York Times, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Program Director Courtney Sheehan, San Francisco, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, World Channel, parking

Portraying family through film

May 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Huang, American and of Laotian heritage, recently finished her short film “A Refugee Story:  Khamsay Huang,” a portrait of her elderly uncle, Khamsay, and his story of leaving Laos during wartime and coming to America.  The film went online recently courtesy of the SEARAC (Southeast Resource Action Center) […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Alex Phasy, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Forward Blog, High School, Kelly Huang, Lao Student Association, Laos, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, SEARAC, Spirited Away, Twin Cities, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, culture, language

Time to watch some movies — Fish, robots, ghosts, and more…

January 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Ryōtarō Makihara’s “Hal:  The Movie” manages many turns in its hour-long running time: Some bright, some sinister, some funny, some eerie.  It starts with some fish being watched through a fish-eye lens, and for the remainder of the brief but beguiling narrative, the script, from Izumi Kizara, casts doubts […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Cowboy Bebop, DVD, Faye Valentine, Ghost Pain, Ghost Whispers, Izumi Kizara, Jet Black, Major Motoko Kusanagi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Spike Spiegel, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

EDITORIAL: Remembering, wishing, resolutions

December 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We asked our amazing NWAW writers and contributors to help out with the holiday issue. We

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, DVD, Epicurean Edge, Ian Dury, NWAW, New Year, Nina Huang, Resolution Find, Resolution It, Resolution Laugh, Resolution Use, Resolution Work, Seahawks, Sega Dreamcast, Star Wars Millennium Falcon, Tiffany Ran, Vol 33 No 52 | December 20 - December 26, Wish Continue, Wish Good, Wish Make, Wish Sony A7s

Noh-inspired drama comes to Seattle

September 19, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Local composer Garett Fisher’s new project is a collaboration with the Takeda Noh Troupe, led by famous Noh

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Ancient Greek, Andrew Hamlin, Chinese, DVD, Garett Fisher, Garrett Fisher Noh, Japanese Noh, London, Munenori Takeda, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Takeda Noh Troupe, United States, Vol 33 No 39 | September 20 - September 26

“Marine Boy: The Complete First Season”

October 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “There’s ‘Marine Boy,’” said Mom, poring over the TV listings. “You want to watch ‘Marine Boy’?” That was Mom, circa 1975. I was seven. Or it could have been circa 1978. I was 10. “Marine Boy,” originally created as “Kaitei Shōnen Marin” (“Undersea Boy Marine”) for Japanese kids in […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Kaitei Sh, Marine Boy, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Speed Racer, TV, Vol 32 No 44 | October 26 - November 1, Warner Archive

“Vampire” decidedly anti-”Twilighty”

October 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Vampire,” from the celebrated Japanese director Shunji Iwai, takes to the opposite extreme in artistry. Iwai, in his first English-language film, wants to explore vampire nature, but he wants to do it in an anti-“Twilight” style. Tough, gritty, bloody, and smeary.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Kevin Zegers, Northwest Asian Weekly, Shunji Iwai, Vol 32 No 44 | October 26 - November 1

In ‘The Garden Of Words’

September 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The Garden Of Words” marks animator Makoto Shinkai’s fifth major work, and the only major criticism I can muster is that he doesn’t seem to like producing feature-length projects.  Of the five, only two, “The Place Promised In Our Early Days” and “Children Who Chase Lost Voices,” run long […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, DVD, Makoto Shinkai, Miyu Irino, Northwest Asian Weekly, Takao Akizuki, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Yukari Yukino

Finishing ‘Eleven Samurai’

May 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Director Eiichi Kudo’s “Eleven Samurai” (1966) completes his gritty, visually rich samurai trilogy. It features elements derived from the two earlier films, “13 Assassins” (1963) and “The Great Killing” (1964), but introduces additional elements, making the film worthy of its brethren.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2013, Actor Nishimura, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Director Eiichi Kudo, Eleven Samurai, Great Killing, Kaneo Ikegami, Kantaro Suga, Kei Tasaka, Lord Nariatsu, Noribumi Suzuki, Northwest Asian Weekly, Takeo Kunihiro, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17

The Great Killing

May 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Warning,” reads the back of the DVD box for “The Great Killing.” “Contains violence, strategy.” All three of Eiichi Kudo’s groundbreaking samurai films (“13 Assassins” featured last week and “Eleven Samurai” to come shortly) contain that same warning.  All three do indeed contain violence and strategy as advertised, but […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2013, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Eiichi Kudo, Eleven Samurai, Jack Ruby, Kotaro Satomi, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lord Saki Ryutaro Otomo, Northwest Asian Weekly, Osamu Furuya, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10, japan

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