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Feature stories
In ‘The Farewell,’ a family drama straddling East and West
She wanted to make an autobiographical drama about the time when, in 2013, her family learned that her grandmother in China, affectionately called Nai Nai, had stage 4 lung cancer and was given three months to live. The grim diagnosis was kept from Nai Nai, a somewhat common approach to death and dying in China.
‘Stuber’ is a delightful old school-style buddy cop comedy (with three Asian American leads!) — You’ll also see a penis
Y’all, “Stuber” did not get good reviews at all, and it also bombed at the box office over the weekend.
“The Third Wife”: A Vietnamese tale of duty, sacrifice, and strength
Ash Mayfair, born and raised in Vietnam and schooled in film at New York University, chose a story from her own family tree for her striking debut feature, “The Third Wife.”
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BLOG: Nuns and nostalgia: My high school reunion
Running two weeklies for 37 years is daunting in this internet age. I credit my strength to… nuns.
BLOG: Discovering a bright new world after surgery
Lately, I have been celebrating my newfound freedom and discovery of a whole new world. My eyes used to be lousy. What I saw was mostly blurry, yellowish, dark, and distorted images. I couldn’t even read without glasses and I had to have the big numbers on my digital clock inches from me on an end table. I worried that I might lose my sight one day.