The past couple of years has forced us all to reckon with a pronounced sense of loneliness. Whether it was social and physical isolation or questions of whether our careers were truly forever stuck, the pandemic further exposed our insecurities of how much time we had to accomplish what we wanted to. At this year’s […]
In interviews past, director Kit Zauhar has mentioned that nice people aren’t interesting on camera, and, really, This Closeness is exactly that mantra in action. This Closeness follows couple Tessa (Kit Zauhar) and Ben (Zane Pais) who book an Airbnb to attend Ben’s high school reunion. Unbeknownst to them, they’re sharing that space with the […]
Disney, being the notably large conglomerate that they are, almost always makes headlines whenever an Asian or Asian American story is adapted via their productions. It may also be because, after years of Mulan being their only solely Asian story, we’ve seen a relative influx of new IPs and adaptations, from Turning Red, to Ms. […]
If you had told me I would have been eating dinuguan in a backyard full of Filipino-Texan artists, aunties, and families during SXSW this year, I would have prayed you were right. It was a dream-made-reality by a generous invitation from Kayla Galang, a filmmaker with not only rich ties to the Filipino American community […]
This review of Beef is based off of Episode 1 and 2, which had its World Premiere at SXSW 2023. If you’ve lived in Los Angeles, or really, any metropolitan area in the United States, you’ll know that road rage is a real, palpable thing. Maybe someone cuts you off on the highway, merges into […]