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“Northern Limit Line” — Crossing emotional and historical borders

July 17, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Wikipedia and military refers to it as the “Second Battle Of Yeonpyeong.”  On June 29, 2002, two border patrol boats from North Korea slipped over the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea (DPRK—North Korea) and the Republic Of Korea (South Korea) in […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Alderwood Mall, Andrew Hamlin, DPRK, Democratic People, Four North Koreans, Hak-soon Kim, Jin-sung Jang, Northern Limit Line, Northwest Asian Weekly, Soon-jo Choi, South Korean Battleship, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, WA, Yellow Sea

MONO: Two new albums — Japanese experimental rock explores the dark and seeing light

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese band MONO, an instrumental quartet, combines elements of noise, minimalism, space rock, shoe-gazing, and until recently, collaborations with players of orchestral instruments.  The band comes to Seattle’s music venue Neumos on June 24th.  Guitarist Takaakira “Taka” Goto took some questions over e-mail. NWAW:  Has the band ever played […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Australia, Europe, Goto Especially New York City, Goto Having, Goto It, Guitarist Takaakira Taka Goto, Los Angeles, MONO, NWAW, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, japan

Eye-raising issues about eyelid surgery — Seattle filmmaker working on a documentary about the controversy

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Local filmmaker Jade Justad is a hapa Korean-American, based in Seattle.  Her new project is a short film, “Creased,” exploring the ever-more-popular phenomenon of double eyelid plastic surgery amongst young Asians, especially, but not exclusively, young women. NWAW:  Did you grow up in Seattle? Tell us about your background. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, API, Andrew Hamlin, Asian Americans, Boston University, Emma Stone, Jade Justad, Jim Carrey, Julie Chen, Justad Go, Justad Part, Korean Caucasian, NWAW, North Seattle, Northwest Asian Weekly, PR, Seven Samurai, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26

“Everything Before Us”

June 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Imagine your entire life governed by a number.  Imagine spending most of your entire life in an office waiting endlessly to change that number.  Imagine that even when you see a specialist, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to change that number to a better one.  In fact, […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Asian American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, Wesley Chan, Wong Fu Productions

This week at SIFF

June 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor” Reviewed by Tiffany Ran In one lifetime, Dr. Haing S. Ngor went from Cambodian refugee to Academy Award winner, author, and activist only to be gunned down outside of his home in Los Angeles in 1996. Not to be confused with original film where Ngor served as […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Academy Awards, Andrew Hamlin, Carnival Folklore, Internet Movie Database, Kirkland Performance Center, Los Angeles, Naoki Kato, Pol Pot, Ryusuke Hayashi, SIFF, Seattle Center, Tiffany Ran, Toshiji Mikawa, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

“Man Up” gets a thumbs down

June 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Just to clarify, Justin Chon’s “Man Up,” available now through Vimeo On Demand, isn’t the romance comedy of the same name being released this year, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. And that’s too damn bad, because I would have rather watched that movie. I would have rather watched […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Dance Dance Revolution, Justin Chon, Northwest Asian Weekly, Randall Chon, TV, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Seattle-Kobe auditions invited all ages — New voices to remember

May 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The eleventh annual Seattle-Kobe Jazz Vocalist Audition at Jazz Alley this spring, started simply, with a greeting from Mari M. Carpenter of the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association.  The competition, with two separate divisions for High School and Adult vocalists, sends two winners, one in each division, to Seattle’s sister […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Alexandra Mountsier, Andrew Hamlin, Annual Kobe Jazz Vocal Queen Contest, High School, Jazz Alley, Jessica Davis, Lee Swedin, Little Girl Blue, Misha Berson, Nick Moore, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Taylor Zickefoose, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, William Montgomery

SIFF kicks off with some “Seoul Searching”

May 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This year’s Seattle International Film Festival includes an impressive number of Asian American selections, which assembles a collection that includes a Korean replicate that evokes John Hughes feel-good, historical Taiwanese brothels, and Tibetan archery. Check out some initial rundowns of reviews and previews below: “Seoul Searching” Reviewed by Daria Kroupoderova The title of Seoul Searching […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Allah Rakhi, Andrew Hamlin, Benson Lee, Bonus Lee, Daria Kroupoderova, Doze Niu Chen-zer, Golden Hill, Harvard Exit Monday, Harvard Exit Saturday, Hiroshi Abe, John Hughes, Klaus Kim, Korean, Kris Schultz, Lincoln Square Cinemas, Lo Pao-tai, Nepal, Ryoko Hirosue, SIFF, Seoul Searching, Sergeant Major Chang, Tiffany Ran, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22

Portraying family through film

May 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Huang, American and of Laotian heritage, recently finished her short film “A Refugee Story:  Khamsay Huang,” a portrait of her elderly uncle, Khamsay, and his story of leaving Laos during wartime and coming to America.  The film went online recently courtesy of the SEARAC (Southeast Resource Action Center) […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Alex Phasy, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Forward Blog, High School, Kelly Huang, Lao Student Association, Laos, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, SEARAC, Spirited Away, Twin Cities, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, culture, language

“Man From Reno”

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Dave Boyle’s “Man From Reno” begins with a gray screen. Slowly, we see that the camera is aimed dead on at a car windshield in the rain, droplets snaking down. With the rain comes the fog, and through the fog comes a man, a car, another car, a sudden […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Akira Kazuki Kitamura, Andrew Hamlin, Ayako Fujitani, Capitol Hill, Dave Boyle, Japanese American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Pepe Serna, San Francisco, Seattle, Sherlock Holmes, Soon Aki, Stephen Segal, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

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