Written By: Jeremy Lim If you’ve seen a CW show from the past five or so years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard something composed by Sherri Chung. Chung has worked on a whole host of DC television adaptations, “Riverdale” and most recently, “Kung ...
‘Bookmark 14’ takes an honest look at what it means to be a teenager
Written By: Jeremy Lim This article may contain spoilers. Adults love to wax poetic about their nostalgia associated with being a kid and kids love to talk about how they just want to grow up. But nobody thinks back fondly abou ...
‘Americanish’ mixes light-hearted fun and powerful representation
Written By: Jeremy Lim This article may contain spoilers. Romantic comedies seem to get a bad rap from a lot of people.These detractors point to the formulaic structure that rom-coms like to continuously dole out to the public. ...
The intimacy and inevitability of ‘Father’
Written By Jeremy Lim This article may contain spoilers. In this heartbreaking and extremely intimate look at his family, Deng Wei, in his directorial debut, crafts a story that brings us right into the Deng household in China. ...
Remembering Corky Lee
Written By: Jeremy Lim It’s been a little more than three months since the world lost Corky Lee, a moment of intense sadness for a whole community. However, in celebration of Corky Lee Day, let’s look back at the life and legacy of a legendary Asian Ame ...
‘Minari’ — Family matters
Written By: Jeremy Lim A touching and heartfelt story about what it means to be a Korean American immigrant, Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” takes an incredibly personal account of Arkansas in the 1980s and turns it into something that can be understood by al ...
‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’: The ground has been broken, now let’s build something
Written By: Jeremy Lim This article contains spoilers. In my last article discussing the possibilities for Asian American Christmas films in the future, I ended the piece by spotlighting a Lifetime made-for-TV movie that was slated to come ...
For the rest of us: A case for Asian American Christmas films
Written By: Jeremy Lim As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, it’s hard to ignore the big bully of a holiday that looms over everything from the moment Halloween is over. November, 2020 has housed an intense and often painstaking elect ...
‘Mrs. Noisy’ and the cost of caring
Written By: Jeremy Lim Disclaimer: This article may contain spoilers. Amano Chihiro, takes a simple, rather played-out scenario and stretches it to its limits. While exploring family drama, life in the modern age and slapstick comedy, Amano manages to ...