The Asian Cut’s Fall Festival Favourites
As the calendar turns from summer to fall, in the film world, summer blockbusters turn into Oscar-bait prestige, and with that comes a...
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Rose Ho
- Jul 17
Wong Kar-Wai: Celebrating Celluloid and Sad Songs
An overview of Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai's filmography and related song choices.
Alisha Mughal
- Jul 14
The Kind Gaze of Time in 'In the Mood for Love'
TAC considers the pace of time in Wong Kar-Wai's seminal, moody masterpiece, "In the Mood for Love."
Rachel Ho
- Jul 6
Taking a 'Joy Ride' with Adele Lim: "Writing Really is the Hardest Part of the Process"
The history of Asian-American cinema cannot be told without Crazy Rich Asians, a film that isn’t quite my thing, or Everything Everywhere...
Rachel Ho
- Jul 5
In Memory of CoCo Lee
It’s only been in the last few years that I truly appreciated how hard I sought out Asian-American singers and actors in my youth. I knew...
Alisha Mughal
- May 31
Hot Docs: 'Coven' Director Rama Rau On Empathetic Filmmaking and the Power of Women
Alisha Mughal speaks with Canadian director Rama Rau about her latest documentary 'Coven'.
Rachel Ho
- Apr 21
Anthony Shim: "Stories have to come from people who have empathy for them"
Anthony Shim has just come back from filming a television spot with Toronto news station CP24. He mentions that he was on the same...
Alisha Mughal
- Apr 20
Art As And Within Community: A Conversation With Writer, Director and Producer V.T. Nayani
“My perspectives are shaped by the people that I grew up around and was raised alongside."
Rachel Ho
- Apr 19
Bilal Baig On Their Whirlwind 2022 And Compassion
I don’t want to get my hopes up, but it feels like we’re actually making some progress in the arena of Asian diasporic media. Our...
Jericho Tadeo
- Apr 17
A Seat at the Table with Michael Fukushima
Like all great parties, it started with an invitation. Michael Fukushima was fresh out of Sheridan College, where he had studied...
Alisha Mughal
- Apr 7
What does it mean to indulge the nostalgia mode: a closer look at ‘Pathaan’
TAC writer Alisha Mughal takes a closer look at the messages in 'Pathaan' we neglect when we celebrate celebrity.
Jericho Tadeo
- Mar 7
Yoko Okumura Talks ‘Unseen’ and the 16-Year-Long Journey to Get There
Japanese-American director Yoko Okumura Talks ‘Unseen' and Journey to Get There
Calvin Law
- Feb 14
A Tribute to Michelle Yeoh and Yu Shu Lien of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
For as long as I have loved movies, I have loved Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. From the very first time I laid eyes on it, I...
The Asian Cut Staff
- Jan 24
The Asian Cut’s Top 10 Movies & TV Shows of 2022
The Asian Cut picks out some of 2022's best films and TV series featuring Asian stories and filmmakers.
The Asian Cut Staff
- Nov 21, 2022
The Asian Cut’s #ReelAsian26 Festival Favourites
The Asian Cut's favourite movies from the 2022 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival #ReelAsian26
Calvin Law
- Nov 11, 2022
‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ & 'Who Killed Vincent Chin?': Acknowledging Pain And Opening Up To Catharsis
For The Asian Cut, Calvin Law discusses the power of documentaries through Free Chol Soo Lee and Who Killed Vincent Chi?
Jericho Tadeo
- Nov 7, 2022
'Eternal Spring': An Overdue Addendum to the Definition of Canadian Cinema
Every year, Telefilm Canada oversees the pan-Canadian Selection Committee to choose the film that will represent our country at the...
Rachel Ho
- Oct 27, 2022
Park Chan-wook on 'Decision to Leave' & Learning From 'Oldboy'
“Whenever I start creating something from the blank paper, women characters always come to my mind first,” Park Chan-wook says via an...
Rachel Ho
- Oct 20, 2022
Andrew Chung on Representation and Appropriation in 'White Elephant'
Rachel Ho interviews Andrew Chung for his film, White Elephant.
Rachel Ho
- Oct 2, 2022
Before Asians Were Crazy & Rich, We Were Singing a Flower Drum Song
The first Hollywood movie with a mostly Asian cast, we uncover Flower Drum Song's storied and imperfect legacy.
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