By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month, I write a lot of stuff about pro athletes, even though my understanding of sports is like how it feels when you’re lactose intolerant and splurge on an ice cream binge because it’s your birthday! Jeremy Lin sports controversial hair, appropriation or appreciation? It’s a tale as […]
“The Apu Trilogy” restored — Classic chronicling the lifespan of a Bengali, influenced directors and approach to film
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1955, a first-time Indian director released a film he had struggled with for nearly three years. Shot whenever Satyajit Ray could marshal up some money, “Pather Panchali” became the first film in the director’s celebrated “Apu Trilogy,” which went on to influence film around the world. Newly restored […]