“Breath,” the latest dramatic film from eccentric South Korean director Ki-duk Kim, begins with a prison inmate scratching on a wall with some kind of pen-shaped object.
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Hard to breathe easy in this gripping tale of infidelity and imprisonment
Posted on 05 May 2011.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/130 Comments
Charismatic Donnie Yen is a ‘legend’ in his own right
Posted on 28 April 2011.
“Legend of the Fist,” a sweeping historical epic from Hong Kong director Andrew Lau, begins with the dismal, gray battlefields of World War I.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 18 | 4/30-5/61 Comment
NWAW’s April must-reads: laughs in honor of moms
Posted on 21 April 2011.
For Asian Americans, the term “fob” is not new. If anything, it’s commonly used to refer to those moments we have that lean more toward
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 17 | 4/23-4/290 Comments
“Devil” full of blood, guts, and little else
Posted on 31 March 2011.
“I Saw the Devil,” a new horror thriller from South Korean director Ji-woon Kim, opens with a flurry of snow falling on a car windshield.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 14 | 4/2-4/80 Comments
Memoirs, NWAW’s March must-reads
Posted on 24 March 2011.
In this collection of essays, actress and TV personality Olivia Munn offers stories from her life, growing up half Chinese and half white. She also shares stories
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 13 | 3/26-4/10 Comments
“Bay Rong” director ably navigates thriller
Posted on 10 March 2011.
“Clash (Bay Rong),” the new spy thriller from Vietnamese director Le Thanh Son, opens with a flurry of action. In between fights and stunts
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 11 | 3/12-3/180 Comments
Loss and friendship rings true in “Poetry”
Posted on 10 March 2011.
Chang-dong Lee’s new dramatic film “Poetry” begins with children playing in weeds. Down the river, near the children’s play site, a large object drifts.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 11 | 3/12-3/181 Comment
NWAW’S February must-reads
Posted on 24 February 2011.
She’s not your average rabbit. For one, her ears are extra, extra long. She is overly curious about the world beyond her immediate surroundings.
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 9 | 2/26-3/40 Comments
Director defies conventions in documentary about music
Posted on 03 February 2011.
We Don’t Care About Music Anyway” is a documentary studying experimental musicians in and around Tokyo. Its structure is experimental in itself.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 6 | 2/5-2/111 Comment
Khmer Rouge documentary ground-breaking
Posted on 20 January 2011.
The Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s ruling party from 1975 to 1979, killed more than 1.3 million Cambodian citizens, according to an analysis by Yale University.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 4 | 1/22-1/281 Comment
