The Internet is a wondrous place. Especially in times like these when the world is on fire, the virtual world seems to be the only space where it feels like nothing has changed–memes are rampant, ...
San Francisco-based filmmaker Debbie Lum has been making independent films for a while now. Way back in 2012, her first film Seeking Asian Female debuted at SXSW, which gave us a case study of Asian ...
In the first few weeks of 2021, it seemed like the political tension in America had reached a breaking point. Terrorists stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC. The sitting president threatened to undermine the ...
Back in 1975, the Southeast Asia region was heavily impacted by a few major events: the Fall of Saigon, which signaled the end of the Vietnam War, the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, and the ...
Back in January, when I first saw Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the world felt different. The world was different. Coronavirus hadn’t been identified in the States yet. “Social distancing” ...
Way back in 2007, as part of the press junket for Ham Tran’s epic film Journey from the Fall, actress Kieu Chinh was asked if the film “could help the world to better understand what ...
It’s December! Can you believe what a year it’s been? As per tradition, we here at From the Intercom are polishing up our own End of the Year lists (2018, 2019) where we round up ...
ellihn, the moniker of Singaporean musician John Tan Jon Young, certainly knows how to make a bold first impression. Diving into “Not There,” the nineteen year old’s debut single, it was hard to know what ...
Halfway through his debut single “proud,” there’s a moment where newcomer ravi lad stops, if only for a second, and asks himself a simple question about his pursuit of music. “Am I fine, or should ...
Throughout NYC-based artist TOMMY PIXELS’ deliciously named inaugural DJ set “MEAT MIX,” there are moments that just click. Here you’ll find Alice Deejay’s familiar early-Internet hit “Better Off Alone” intersecting with Drake’s recent dance-move inventing ...