Category Archives: film
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I saw Heathers again last Friday night. I remembered how I went to it twice the first night it appeared in theaters. My friend Libby and I drove out to it in her ancient and enormous Cadillac DeVille, and as … Continue reading
Filed under film, travel, what is right with us, what is wrong with us
“The System Is Broken”
The other night, in the company of Sonya Chung (author of LONG FOR THIS WORLD), my boyfriend Dustin and I went to see the opening feature presentation at the Asian American International Film Festival. There was a moderately full crowd … Continue reading
Filed under film, political art
Using Ford Madox Ford to Fix Wolverine
This last summer, at the same time that I was thinking about Ford Madox Ford’s theory of fiction writing, I went to go see maybe the most disappointing of the summer films, X-Man Origins: Wolverine. It’s just come out on … Continue reading
Filed under animal savagery, fiction, film, novels
Learning to Love Long Duk Dong
When Long Duck Dong appears for the first time during Sixteen Candles, a gong rings, and if you’re Asian, as you see his face swing down over the bunk bed and the halo of black hair appear around his head, … Continue reading
Filed under film, Koreanish, political art
This Is Not The Superhero Film You Were Looking For
In retrospect, the sturm und drang over whether the Watchmen was any good or not (as a film based on the graphic novel) made us lose sight of what it actually was—a story that’s at least meant to satirize the … Continue reading
Filed under animal savagery, comics, film, gossip, graphic novels, manga, what is right with us, what is wrong with us
Tomorrow’s Koreanish Stars Today
People Magazine is catching a certain amount of flack this morning for having published an item that misidentifies a photo of Karl Yune as Rain, in the new Speed Racer film. Speed Racer, it’s worth pointing out, has 3 young … Continue reading
Filed under film, Korea, Korean America, Korean American, Korean Cinema, Korean life, Koreanish, koreanish headers, Uncategorized
Losing The Plot
At the beginning, as the rental version of Atonement downloads into my computer for the magical 24 hours iTunes allows, I imagine I can do other things while it’s on, like I do when I “watch” television via the internet–it’s … Continue reading
Akira Lives
I’m sick with a spring cold, cranky and pissed off about “politics” in the US, also known as the charade that ends with nothing changing ever and rich people getting richer while the rest of us are forced to consume … Continue reading
Filed under anime, anime break, apocalypse, film, graphic novels, Koreanish, media, product
No Regret
From yesterday’s search term traffic stats, my favorite one so far: korean artistes and sleep around This week’s new Google Search header image for this week comes from the film No Regret, a Korean independent film released last year, a … Continue reading
Filed under blogs, film, Korea, Korean Cinema, Korean Queer
