Samjin Company English Class, directed by Lee Jong-pil, is a comedic drama featured in the 2021 New York Asian Film Festival. The captivating film follows …
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The Prayer: Film Review
The Prayer, directed by Min Kyu-dong, explores a dystopian world where sick patients are cared for by artificially intelligent androids, designed to look like their …
The Silent Forest: Taiwanese thriller tackles tough and troubling topics
Appearing in this year’s New York Asian Film Festival lineup is Chen-Nien Ko’s 2020 film, The Silent Forest, based on a real life scandal at …
Our Violent Ends: Book Review
It’s difficult to follow in the footsteps of one of history’s most well-known playwrights. It may be even more difficult to follow in the footsteps …
Midnight: Film Review
Imagine needing to scream for help, but being unable to speak or hear. This was the disturbing reality for one deaf woman, Kyungmi (played by …
Made in China: Book Review
Threads connect, but they also unravel. When they do, the process is messy, intricate, and in its own way, a kind of becoming. In Anna …
Gallery Nucleus Hosts Ilya Kuvshinov’s First Los Angeles Art Exhibition
On July 24th, Gallery Nucleus opened up Ilya Kuvshinov and Yusuke Kozaki’s solo art exhibits to the public. Kuvshinov, the Tokyo-based Russian artist, is best …
Iron Widow: Book Review
You might have heard of the Chinese empress Wu Zetian, but you’ve never read about her the way Xiran Jay Zhao imagines her in Iron …
Hao: Book Review
To say one is hao means that one is well, but hao itself is only a word, a descriptor for the concept of goodness. It …
How We Fall Apart: Book Review
For some, falling apart comes with the acknowledgement that there had to be something concrete to begin with. In Katie Zhao’s debut YA novel, the …