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Ang Lee unveils his hyper-real ‘Billy Lynn’ to mixed reviews

October 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mixed reviews greeted Ang Lee’s long anticipated “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 14, casting further doubts over the promise of Hollywood’s latest technological savior: high-frame rate filming. The premiere was one of the fall movie season’s most […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Ang Lee, VOL 35 NO 43 | OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 28

“Sword of Destiny” a shrunken version of the original classic

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After more than a decade, the fantastical world of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” makes its belated return in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Reviews, At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: Academy Awards, Ang Lee, China, Chinese Americans, Costa Ricans, Crouching Tiger, Eric Card, Hades Dai, Harry Shum Jr., Hidden Dragon, Li Mu Bai, New Zealand, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Wie Fang, Yuen Wo Ping, language

A look at Year of the Horse celebrities

January 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly The Year of the Horse lands on Jan. 31. It is said to be a good year for those who are hardworking, who persevere, and who want to achieve success. Some horse traits include being popular, intelligent, talented, and kind. On the other hand, they can also be stubborn, […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Cultures Tagged With: 2014, Ang Lee, Bai Ling, Best Director Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Filipino, Genghis Khan, Hidden Dragon, Mongol Empire, Nina Huang, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Pussycat Dolls, Rush Hour, TV, Taiwanese American, Tamlyn Tomita, Vol 33 No 6 | February 1 - February 7, Wild Wild West, Year of the Horse

A-pop! The Awards Season — An Asian American night at the Oscars, Grammys, and more

March 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It may still be chilly and dreary, but Asians have been heating up the awards scene like no other this past month! From film to music, February saw Asians and Asian Americans alike raking in nominations and wins across the media awards landscape. Academy Award wins and nominations for […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2013, Adil Hussain, Although Shankar, Ang Lee, Anoushka Shankar, Asian Americans, Best Picture, Best Short Form Music Video, Bombay Jayashri, Eiko Ishioka, Foreign Language Film, Indian Carnatic, Jon Cho, Kerri Higuchi, Korean American, Lifetime Achievement Grammy, Minkyu Lee, Mirror Mirror, Norah Jones, Original Score, Oscar Academy Awards, Vietnamese Canadian, Visual Effects, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, War Witch, Yann Martel, Yu Shu Lien

EDITORIAL: Ang Lee serves as an example

February 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Taiwanese American director Ang Lee has a lot going for him. He just won a second Best Director Oscar for “Life of Pi” to go with his first Oscar award from “Brokeback Mountain.” He has become one of the most in-demand directors, successful both overseas and in the States, and has twice beaten out Steven […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, APA, Academy Awards, Ang Lee, Asian Americans, Brokeback Mountain, New York University, Steven Spielberg, Taiwanese American, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8

BLOG: Ang Lee’s Life of Pi

December 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Movie theaters hate people like me.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Academy Awards, Ang Lee, Asian American, Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, DVD, Hidden Dragon, Publisher Ng's blog, SPL, Seattle Public Library, Thanksgiving Day, Vol 31 No 50 | December 8 - December 14

COMMENTARY: Inarticulate immigrants and the language of guns

April 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New American Media Mr. One L. Goh, 43, an immigrant from Korea who allegedly shot and killed seven people at a school in Oakland and wounded five others, may be the latest [in] a string of inarticulate men who became mass murderers in America. In April of 2009, Jiverly Wong locked the […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, 2012, 2013, Andrew Lam, Ang Lee, Chief Howard Jordan, Cho Sung-hui, Jiverly Wong, John Woo, Lang Lang, New America Media, New American Media, TV, United States, Virginia Tech, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, language

Subtle storytelling and a love story color the “The Lady”

April 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The recent news from Burma, officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, about Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party claiming victory for 40 of 45 contested seats in parliament seems to seal Suu Kyi’s incredible transformation from a longtime housebound prisoner […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Ang Lee, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Crouching Tiger, David Thewlis, England, Hidden Dragon, Hong Kong, Luc Besson, Michael Aris, Michelle Yeoh, Mike Leigh, National League, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20

Not a film, but a triumph

April 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “This Is Not a Film,” a documentary by co-directors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, opens with a man seated at his breakfast table, preparing to eat. He takes a phone call, puts it on speaker phone, and seems to tense up in his shoulders, bending slightly to avoid looking […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Ang Lee, Capitol Hill, Crimson Gold, Evin Prison, Francis Ford Coppola, Iran, Jafar Panahi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Paul Schrader, Seattle, Steven Spielberg, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20, letter

Taiwan’s unlikely hero: vegetable seller of market

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Described by Taiwan­ese President Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s “am­bassador with a loving heart,” 61-year-old Shu-chu Chen was selected as one of the

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Ang Lee, Chinese New Year, Korean, NTD, New America Media, New York, President Ma Ying-jeou, San Francisco, TIME, Taiwan, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, poverty

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