Note: Minor spoilers for Ky Nam Inn below. I didn’t watch that many feel-good movies in 2025. I remember watching Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet and Yamaguchi Junta’s River, both fun romantic comedies. But when I finished Leon Le’s Ky Nam Inn, I thought to myself, “Oh, I’ve missed this.” I’ve missed the everyday rhythms […]
History is rarely clear cut. Even having visual archives to comb through aren’t guaranteed, and for the most marginalized, under-resourced communities, archiving history is all the more essential. Thankfully, Because of You (Dahil Sa ‘Yo): A History of Kilawin Kolektibo anchors the intersectional, radical organization Kilawin Kolektibo against the backdrop of a disparate queer Pinay […]
When I think back to the night when I met Ivoris out in the patio area of Elysium during SXSW 2024, all I can really remember are the colors. The sky was getting dark and the event-goers were getting rowdier as the night went on. With very little external light on the patio, not at […]
Another year, another Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). As a site that is (mostly) based in LA, we’ve made it an unofficial goal to cover LAAPFF every year to get the pulse on where Asian American independent film is at – you can find coverage from past years on our site here. This […]
Back in May this year, we attended the recently rebranded VC Film Fest (fka Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival). From May 1st to May 10th, the festival took place predominantly in Little Tokyo, but spanned new venues in Long Beach as well as online. Despite the 40-year old festival being a regular on our […]