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“After Yang”: Love, life, and other potent ponderables

March 17, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“After Yang,” the second feature film written and directed by South Korea’s Kogonada, played the Northwest Film Forum as a presentation of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival on March 6, and should be available for home streaming soon.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 12 | MARCH 19 - MARCH 25

In “Love Is Blind,” race is just one factor in choosing a partner

March 17, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“My dad and mom…would always say, ‘You don’t have to get married. You don’t need a man. As long as you’re this independent woman and you’re happy, you don’t need marriage,’” Lee shared.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 12 | MARCH 19 - MARCH 25

‘Turning Red’ celebrates teen girls’ rites of passage

March 10, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Turning Red” is a movie of firsts, firsts that the main character, Meilin (Mei), goes through as she turns from being a child to a teen, and firsts that the movie-makers had the gumption to tell us about.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 11 | MARCH 12 - MARCH 18

“Definition Please” movie does not wish to spell “stereotype”

February 3, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Definition Please,” now streaming on Netflix, is the feature directorial debut of its leading actress, Sujata Day, who is also the writer of the film.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 6 | FEBRUARY 5 - FEBRUARY 11

Newest ‘Matrix’ is fun, nitpickers go away

December 29, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In 1999, my siblings and I rode around in an RV with our parents, going on weekend trips to Ocean Shores and down to Oregon regularly.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 1 | JANUARY 1 - JANUARY 7

Netf lix’s live action Cowboy Bebop: travesty or triumph?

November 24, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Netflix’s live action “Cowboy Bebop” released to streaming on Nov. 19. Based on the original anime, the show follows a crew of space age bounty hunters—“cowboys”—as they cruise the dilapidated universe in their dilapidated spaceship—“Bebop”—accompanied by a loveable Corgi and eventually, a wacked out hacker named Ed.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 3

“Eternals”: Color, charisma, and careful caring

November 11, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Thursday night opening of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe feature “Eternals,” at Northgate’s Regal Thornton Place, went as matter-of-factly as most rollouts of big movies do, given our times. In a single-filed line, the gatekeeper checked vaccination cards one at a time. Popcorn got bought, plus soda (the Icee machine was down for the count).

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 13 - NOVEMBER 19

Book recommendations: Standing strong in who you are

October 28, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In 1995, as fundamentalism began to take root in Pakistan, teenager Anvar Faris and his family—not quite unanimously—decide to leave their home in Karachi to start over in California. When they get there, Anvar’s deeply devout mother and model-Muslim brother are the first to adjust to American life, while Anvar’s more laidback father initially struggles. As for Anvar, he commits to (and takes pride in) being a bad Muslim.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 44 | OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5

Whether or not you like “Dune” the movie depends on you

October 28, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Of course, whether or not I like a movie is totally subjective and based on me. But not entirely. Some movies are dubbed classics and nearly everyone likes them, while other movies are quirky cult-classics that only a select few enjoy. But whether or not you will like 2021’s “Dune,” the newest attempt to put Frank Herbert’s story on the big screen, depends very much on who you are and what you bring to the movie.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 44 | OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5

In “No Time to Die,” James Bond is loveable because he loves, but it’s not the first time

October 14, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“No Time to Die” is a tribute to the 007 franchise, and fittingly so, as it is reported to be Craig’s last installment as the British secret serviceman—just when I decided I want him back. (But do our heroes ever go away anymore? Is Ironman really gone? I’ll leave that there.)

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, NO TIME TO DIE, VOL 40 NO 42 | OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 22

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