By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Hong Kong director Ann Hui built her reputation on impeccably constructed and realistic portraits of people trying to get through everyday problems. Her heroes and heroines often find themselves struggling to adapt to new situations and break out of old routines. Her latest film, “A Simple Life,” starring [...]
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Complex characters illuminate “A Simple Life”
Posted on 26 April 2012.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 18 | 4/28-5/40 Comments
Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly celebrate 30 successful years
Posted on 12 April 2012.
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Chinese Post will celebrate its 30th anniversary on April 22. The Seattle Chinese Post was founded by publisher Assunta Ng in 1982.
Posted in Briefs, Features, Features 16, Vol 31 No 16 | 4/14-4/200 Comments
Subtle storytelling and a love story color the “The Lady”
Posted on 12 April 2012.
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The recent news from Burma, officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, about Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party claiming victory for 40 of 45 contested seats in parliament seems to seal Suu Kyi’s incredible transformation from a longtime housebound prisoner [...]
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 16 | 4/14-4/200 Comments
Not a film, but a triumph
Posted on 12 April 2012.
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “This Is Not a Film,” a documentary by co-directors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, opens with a man seated at his breakfast table, preparing to eat. He takes a phone call, puts it on speaker phone, and seems to tense up in his shoulders, bending slightly to avoid looking [...]
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 16 | 4/14-4/200 Comments
Stories told by comedians and a plastic surgeon that should have been one — NWAW’s monthly must-reads
Posted on 06 April 2012.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)” By Mindy Kaling Crown Archetype, 2011 Before she became known as the self-involved, boy-crazy Kelly Kapoor on “The Office,” she was Mindy Kaling, a girl from Cambridge, Mass., with a love for comedy. Growing up, she was a bit on [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 31 No 15 | 4/7-4/131 Comment
Filmmaker Robert Lieberman captures the life and struggles of Burmese citizens in “They Call It Myanmar”
Posted on 06 April 2012.
By Shelley Seale for Northwest Asian Weekly “They Call It Myanmar” is the story of Burma, told with stunning footage shot clandestinely over a two-year period by filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. The film provides an astonishing and intimate look at what has been one of the most isolated countries in the world, showing the everyday [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features, Vol 31 No 15 | 4/7-4/130 Comments
Musical legend Lea Salonga rises from Manila to Broadway
Posted on 05 April 2012.
By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly Before she won a Tony Award for her acclaimed portrayal of Kim in the hit musical “Miss Saigon,” Lea Salonga captivated audiences inside her childhood home near Manila. “One of my earliest memories was singing at family parties,” said Salonga. “Whenever somebody asked me to sing, I kind of [...]
Posted in Community News, Features 15, Profiles, Profiles, Vol 31 No 15 | 4/7-4/130 Comments
Understanding passion and perfection through ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’
Posted on 29 March 2012.
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly David Gelb’s remarkable documentary film “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” opens quietly with images of a peaceful restaurant, white gloves, and a man explaining the importance of falling in love with one’s work. We soon learn that the man is 85-year-old Jiro Ono, the founder and head chef of the [...]
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 14 | 3/31-4/60 Comments
Stories about unique API families — NWAW’s monthly must-reads
Posted on 16 March 2012.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Terroryaki!” By Jennifer K. Chung 3-Day Books, 2011 Daisy Wang’s older sister Samantha is getting married in three months, but things don’t look too promising as their Taiwanese parents are still shunning Sam’s white fiancé Patrick. As a means of escape from the pre-wedding drama and her family’s scrutiny [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 31 No 12 | 3/17-3/231 Comment
Sinoy Brown hopes to make dreams come true for Asian rappers
Posted on 09 March 2012.
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Bounthavy Sayasane was born in Laos, but moved to the United States when he was a baby. Friends and fans know him better as Sinoy Brown or Sinoy Blaze, the rapper. But family members call him ‘Noy.’ Brown and his business partner, G-Dub, started the West Coast North record [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Profiles, Vol 31 No 11 | 3/10-3/160 Comments
