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Under My Skin places viewers face to face with complex issue of race

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By Shin Yu Pai Northwest Asian Weekly From new media such as soundscapes and videos to more traditional methods like painting, sculpture, and photography,

Marvel Studios’ Andy Park brings super heroes to life

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By Jimmy Lee New America Media When Andy Park attended the Hollywood premiere of Iron Man 3 on May 3, with Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, he saw the […]

The Asian Weekly at the movies — Staff picks for SIFF 2013, part two

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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 […]

PICTORIAL: The API Heritage Month Celebration

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On May 5, over 3,000 people visited Seattle Center to celebrate national API Heritage Month. They were met with five hours of programing, including performances from the Filipino Youth Activities […]

SIFF REVIEWS: The Asian Weekly at the movies — The first staff picks for SIFF 2013

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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 […]

Chinese robes headed back to the Northwest

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By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly Several robes from the Young collection will be heading back to the Pacific Northwest in the coming months, though their destination is not yet […]

Finishing ‘Eleven Samurai’

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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” […]

President Obama’s half-sister on love, parenting, and the mom they both shared

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By Gabrielle Nomura Northwest Asian Weekly It was Maya Soetoro-Ng’s mother who made her realize how lucky she was to be of mixed race. Being both Indonesian and white, Soetoro-Ng […]

A-pop! Goodbye Ebert, goodbye Lin, hello China.

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Honoring Roger Ebert In early April, the world bid adieu to Roger Ebert, famed writer, journalist, and film critic, who passed away after an […]

The Great Killing

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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 […]