I spoke with Hong Kong filmmaker Elizabeth Lo about her award-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary, Mistress Dispeller, which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival last September and was shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards. The intimate film follows a middle-aged couple and Wang Zhenxi, a “Mistress Dispeller”, who is hired by the wife to end the husband’s affair with a younger woman.
Read MoreDid you catch this Olympics/Wuxia inspired video when it first became viral a few years back? The grace, gravity defying aerial flips, the interplay between two rivals not only showcased the athleticism of snowboarding and skiing, but it brought Wuxia beautifully to life.
Read MoreHave you ever come across these posts and wondered, what is a “reuters”? Or maybe who is Reuters? Welcome to my petty little beef about the use of that name in C-Dramaland!
Read MoreI grew up mostly watching Western TV, but my television diet over the last several years has basically become 99 percent Chinese and Korean dramas. Every once in a while, I’ll come across an Asian actor whose overall looks, appearance from certain angles, or mannerisms remind me of a Hollywood counterpart I used to watch. Here are just a few doppelgangers that spring to mind. Do you see the resemblance too?
Read MoreA Taiwanese political drama on Netflix set off a #MeToo wave across the island that embroiled politicians, diplomats, academics, activists, celebrities, and many others. Half a decade after the movement swept through the U.S. and beyond, Taiwan was finally having its own moment of reckoning. But more than a year later, has anything changed?
Read MoreAuthor Abigail Hing Wen discusses her NYT best selling YA novel, Loveboat, Taipei and its film adaptation Love in Taipei, based on the Taiwan summer study tour that started more than half a century ago. I had the pleasure of speaking with her, where we chatted about the crazy escapades, her own experiences with the program, how her book and the film came together, and what it's like telling this story to a new generation of diaspora youth.
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