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1 min read 2021-05-06 00:01:42

Dante Basco Looks Back and Forward at His Career in Storytelling

Thirty years ago, Dante Basco bangarang-ed his way onscreen as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in the movie Hook. His career has spanned three and

5 min read 2021-02-19 00:30:37

“Grandma smells like Korea!” seven-year-old David Yi (Alan Kim) complains in the film, Minari, released on February 12. Set in the hardscrabble

4 min read 2020-12-24 00:41:29

Love them or hate them, holiday rom-coms are a beloved pastime for many Americans come December. The genre provides temporary solace from the

5 min read 2020-07-20 22:10:37

Justin Chon doesn’t believe in downtime. He starred in Wayne Wang’s 2019 film Coming Home Again (a CAAM production), and also in 2019 he

3 min read 2020-07-13 02:01:28

“The documentary films I make are just in the matter of things that just happen in my life that I feel like other people can benefit from or other

5 min read 2020-06-23 01:06:00

Anna May Wong was best known as the first Asian American actor to work in Hollywood. From silent films to talkies, from the stage to television, she

6 min read 2020-06-02 21:49:19

Growing up, Bao Nguyen didn’t always think he would become a filmmaker. He was on the path toward becoming a lawyer. “I did everything I thought

4 min read 2020-05-02 01:54:03

In the small town of Squahamish, Washington, introverted high schooler Ellie Chu is approached by the not-so-bright school jock, Paul Munsky, to

4 min read 2020-03-13 01:27:53

Don’t ask Ali Wong what it’s like to be an Asian American woman in Hollywood. “I don’t know, you tell me! What’s your experience?” she

5 min read 2020-02-21 06:00:23

“Fresh Off the Boat” will end its six-year run on ABC this Friday, ending an era for both the show’s cast and creators and the Asian American

4 min read 2019-10-11 23:10:05

Digital technology is cinema’s newest frontier, and director Ang Lee has been its most steadfast trailblazer. While Lee’s most recent filmography

4 min read 2019-09-06 00:01:28

Will Yun Lee has taken on many roles as an actor over the course of his two-decade career. Some of his prior roles include TV shows like Witchblade,

3 min read 2019-05-31 05:43:36

Two childhood friends go for 16 years without seeing each other until they wind up reconnecting as adults, and at very different points in their

3 min read 2019-05-14 01:28:52

What if you can fall in love with someone in just one day? That is the main premise for the upcoming teen drama, The Sun Is Also a Star. Directed by