Review: Casper Sun – Pink Matter EP
At the tail-end of 2018, the members of the now sizable group ACN: Los Angeles held a holiday mixer. Asian American artists all around Southern California showed up--exchanging business cards,…
Jay Som – “Superbike”
Out there in the sea of DIY self-starters, perhaps no artist shines as bright as bedroom pop musician Jay Som (Melina Duterte). After releasing a loose batch of songs that…
LAAPFF Interview: Director Bishrel Mashbat and Actor Iveel Mashbat on ‘In the Land of Lost Angels’
We talked to director Bishrel Mashbat and actor Iveel Mashbat during LAAPFF about their film, 'In the Land of Lost Angels'.
LAAPFF Interview: Producer Thien A. Pham and Actress Thien Nguyen on ‘Actress Wanted’
We talked to producer Thien A. Pham and actress Thien Nguyen during LAAPFF about their film 'Actress Wanted'.
LAAPFF Review: ‘Song Lang’ (2018), dir. Leon Le
It's an unfortunate fact of life that every great, slow-paced, colorfully lush Asian film that gets released immediately gets compared to those of director Wong Kar-wai. That's just the world we live in. And although it's true that Wong's...
Review: Cody Dear – Songs Like These
Jazz musician Cody Dear is part of a burgeoning Instagram music community devoted to sharing, collaborating with, and encouraging musicians internationally. Dear is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist who plays a…
LAAPFF Review: ‘Eerie’ (2019), dir. Mikhail Red
Eerie has all the elements of a great horror film. Creepy ghost girls? Check. Scary, oppressive nuns? Check. A beautiful lead actress subjected to terror? Of...
LAAPFF Interview: Director Diane Paragas, Actress Princess Punzalan, and Producer Cecilia Mejia on ‘Yellow Rose’
We talked to director Diane Paragas, actress Princess Punzalan, and producer Cecilia Mejia during LAAPFF about their film 'Yellow Rose'.
LAAPFF Review: ‘Seadrift’ (2019), dir. Tim Tsai
There’s much to be said about the period of time following the Vietnam War and the circumstances surrounding the relocation of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to the United States. After being thrown into a foreign...
Nadia Nair – “See Things (ft. Mwuana)”
Earlier this year in an interview with Rolling Stone India, Gothenberg-raised Indo-Swedish musician Nadia Nair admitted that she was tired after a long year of touring. "Right now I just want…