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Communication barriers and compassion — “Lilting” slowly reveals vulnerability

October 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The camera work in “Lilting” moves slowly and unobtrusively.  Usually, it keeps two characters in

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Chinese Cambodian, England, Hong Khaou, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, University District, Vann Naomi Christie, Varsity Theatre, Vol 33 No 44 | October 25 - October 31, language

“A Letter to Momo”

September 5, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Hiroyuki Okiura’s anime feature “A Letter to Momo” was seven years in the making, including the story, script, and storyboarding. It’s also the filmmaker’s first turn in the director’s seat since 1999’s “Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.”  For all the planning, though, the film begins simply enough, with a medium-sized […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Director Okiura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Seto Inland Sea, Tokyo, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 33 No 37 | September 6 - September 12, japan

Living his dream, Japanese American singer makes screen debut

August 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly I met Tomo Nakayama shortly after 9/11 at Seattle’s Varsity Theatre where I was reviewing a movie and he was letting the critics

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Grand Hallway, Japanese American, Judy Garland, Lynn Shelton, MTV, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Sundance Film Festival, Tokyo, Tomo Nakayama, Touchy Feely, United States, Varsity Theatre, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16

On ‘The Act Of Killing’

July 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The Act Of Killing” is a documentary film. I want to emphasize that right up front. But it opens with a beguiling surrealistic dance sequence. A giant fish, the size of an office building, sits on the edge of a body of water. The fish is concrete, perhaps metal; […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Anwar Congo, Director Joshua Oppenheimer, Herman Koto, Indonesia, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pancasila Youth, Seattle, Smile Real, UK, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2

“Wish You Were Here”

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The two people on the beach at the beginning of “Wish You Were Here” are white and attractive, though iridescently so. They look healthy enough — normal enough.  They’re wistful, though a little tired. The sand gleams underneath them. They ask themselves where they would go if they could […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Cambodia, Jeremy King, Joel Edgerton, Norodom Sihanouk, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Star Wars, Thailand, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

Born “Somewhere Between”

October 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The documentary “Somewhere Between” begins with the adoption of a tiny Chinese girl by an American family. The family turns out to be that of the director, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, who has previously worked on documentaries about cooking and “Sesame Street” as well as  helped produce prominent dramatic films […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, China, Chinese, Director Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Northwest Asian Weekly, One Child Policy, Seattle, Sesame Street, United States, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, Whale Rider, adoption

“The Manzanar Fishing Club”

June 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Manzanar War Relocation Center housed at its peak 10,000 Japanese internees during World War II. Forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast by a government order, the internees toughed it out against desert heat, cold weather, dust, and constant wind between 1942 and 1945. Barbed wire […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Alan Sutton, Andrew Hamlin, Cory Shiozaki, Lester Chung, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Richard Imamura, Seattle, Tom Ikkanda, Varsity Theatre, Vol 31 No 25 | June 16 - June 22, West Coast

‘Outrage’ aptly portrays yakuza, but too gory

December 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Takeshi Kitano’s new film “Outrage” opens with the camera panning slowly across a group of men slouching against luxury cars, some fanning themselves in the heat. They are the yakuza promised in the film’s advance publicity, but they are not stylish. They do not immediately look dangerous. The filmmaker […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2011, Katsumi Yanagijima, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Takeshi Kitano, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23, communication, japan

In “13 Assassins,” personalities as interesting as the action scenes

May 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“13 Assassins,” the new historical samurai epic from notable Japanese director Takashi Miike, opens with a samurai warrior committing hara-kiri, or ritual suicide.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2011, Andrew Hamlin, Lord Naritsugu, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Takashi Miike, University District, Varsity Theatre, Vol 30 No 21 | May 21 - May 27

“Devil” full of blood, guts, and little else

March 31, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I Saw the Devil,” a new horror thriller from South Korean director Ji-woon Kim, opens with a flurry of snow falling on a car windshield.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2011, Andrew Hamlin, Director Kim, Ji-woon Kim, Min-sik Choi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, South Korean, Varsity Theatre, Vol 30 No 14 | April 2 - April 8

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