Written By: Melissa Slaughter “I wrapped on my birthday, August 26th, ‘cause I said I wanted to finish a film before I turned 30. And JoAnn was like, ‘we've got to get it done …’” Andrea A. Walter, the writer, director, and director of photog ...
Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee tell a true Korean American story in ‘Happy Cleaners’
Written By: Michelle Ahn “Happy Cleaners” starts off with chaos — a family fight over the dinner table about a rebellious son’s dream to follow his passion, and a stubborn mom’s philosophy that the only path to success is higher education. The fi ...
‘The Last Sunrise’ heals the China-America rift with an apocalypse
Written by: Demi Guo In America: “Crazy Rich Asians.” “Always Be My Maybe.” Suddenly, “The Farewell”! Drama! In China: CGI. Yet another remake of the “Snake Goddess,” but what’s the story? Enter Wen Ren, with starry skies, mainland actors a ...
Diane Paragas uses country music to tackle uncertainty in ‘Yellow Rose’
Written By: Melissa Slaughter Eva Noblezada as Rose “Square peg, round hole. I run away with nowhere to go.” Eva Noblezada croons this line in varying degrees during the course of her starring turn in the film Yellow Rose. The 23-year-old is al ...
REVIEW: TO BE TAKEI (2014)
American filmmaker Jennifer Kroot’s feature documentary TO BE TAKEI opens this Sunday June 15 at Human Rights Watch Film Festival in NYC. CineVue contributor and filmmaker Bing Wang reviewed the film.
CineVue Review | DOCUMENTARY OF DOCUMENTERS
Lesley Yiping Qin, former programming staff for AAIFF12, reviews HIGH TECH LOW LIFE and explores the subjects’ journey to tackle the idea of censorship through a blogger’s point of view.
CineVue Review | GOLDEN SLUMBERS – THE IMMORTAL STORY
CineVue reviews Davy Chou’s GOLDEN SLUMBERS – a documentary about the Golden Age of cinema in Cambodia.
CINEVUE FILM REVIEW: YES, WE’RE OPEN
CineVue reviews Richard Wong’s latest directorial feature of H.P Mendoza’s screenplay- YES, WE’RE OPEN.