By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Each year, the Northwest Asian Weekly sends a team of intrepid film reviewers to the Seattle International Film Festival to pick out the best Asian and Asian American films. Starting this week and running through the end of May, we will be reviewing our picks for the most interesting APA […]
SIFF celebrates Studio Ghibli in “Castles in the Sky” series
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1985, Japanese anime directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata joined forces to create a new studio for anime films. The studio’s name, Studio Ghibli, was named after an Arabic word meaning “Mediterranean wind,” with the hope that their works would blow a new wind through the world of […]
Shawn Wong and Eric Byler to talk about “Americanese” at screening
“Americanese” a film from Director Eric Byler, is being screened at a one-night engagement on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown (511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle). Director Eric Byler and author Shawn Wong will be at the screening in person This “Americanese” is co-presented by University of Washington Creative Writing Program
NWAW at SIFF this week: the inspirational and the sad
Half Jewish, half Maori director Taika Waititi created a sensation in 2007 with “Eagle vs. Shark,” a romantic comedy with a decidedly New Zealand twist.
NWAW reviews SIFF films: romance, intrigue, and the bizarre
Each year during the Seattle International Film Festival, we send out a team of intrepid film reviewers who are ready and willing to spend hours watching movies
NWAW reviews SIFF films: the good, the bad, and the plain ugly
Each year during the Seattle International Film Festival, we send out a team of intrepid film reviewers who are ready and willing to spend hours and hours
Northwest Asian Weekly at SIFF
Week 4: the final stretch “Breathless,” South Korea Reviewed by James Tabafunda Song-hoon (Yang Ik-june) is an enforcer for his gangster friend Man-shik (Jeong Man-shik). Song-hoon’s personal life, filled with childhood memories of being a victim of domestic abuse from his father, enables him to easily direct his clenched fists and bad temper toward anyone, […]
Northwest Asian Weekly at SIFF
Week 2: Film reviews of those with a message “Kabei — Our Mother,” Japan Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin Japanese director Yoji Yamada’s 74th film abandons the samurai storylines he’s previously used. The film showcases his skill at telling a family-oriented story. The tale resonates between the mind and heart long after the end of the […]
SIFF
Guys, go ahead, in the comments below, write out which films you are doing so you don’t duplicate each other 🙂 Please remember to give your capsule reviews a star rating (4 most, 0 least, half stars OK) Tiffany: The Empire of the Mid Sun (France) The White Meadows May Grandma, A Thousand Times may […]
SIFF 2010
China Bodyguards and Assassins † City of Life and Death Last Train Home Little Big Soldier † A Spray of Plum Blossoms Hong Kong Bodyguards and Assassins Crossing Hennessy Dream Home Little Big Soldier Love in a Puff Prince of Tears India Khargosh Peepli Live A Request From Earth Japan Air Doll The Chef of South […]