LIGHT by SOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA Pedlar Press, (September 15, 2013) 73 pages, $20 (Paperback) Reviewed by Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon On a fall morning, just after daylight savings, I began reading Light. …
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How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun By Doretta Lau Nightwood Editions (April 2014) 120 Pages, $19.95 (paperback) Reviewed by Sharon Miki Doretta Lau’s début, How Does a …
On a rural South Korean farmstead, a married middle-aged couple arrive at the home of a single mother (Kil Hae-yeon) and her pregnant teenage daughter (Ahn Ji-hye). The parties have …
Notwithstanding writer-director Ken Kwek’s claim that social commentary isn’t a card he is playing, his debut feature—an uneven but respectable effort—will nevertheless attract filmgoers attuned to Singapore’s cultural life and …
You Are A Cat! by Sherwin Tjia Conundrum Press, Oct. 2011, 240 pages, 80 b/w illustrations $17 (Paperback) Reviewed by Elliot Chan. As someone who finds felines endearing and adorable—but …
Buried under the noise of the festival’s many overrated titles was South Korean Yeon Sang-ho’s second animated feature The Fake. While his debut The King of Pigs (2011), a bleak …
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest film involves an incident that would top the list of worst nightmares among parents if only it was more common. Two families learn that their 6-year-old boys …
Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World By Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong TouchWood Editions, 160 pages Reviewed by David Chau Published in 14.4 ROBERT AMO’S AND KILEASA WONG’S …
I’m passing through a road I don’t know, looking out the smoky windows of the bus and trying to act like I don’t mind that a beet-red man is standing …
VAFF 2012 Review: Tales of the Waria (dir: Kathy Huang) When talking about the LGBTQ community, one tends to hear of the abuse and atrocities committed by certain hateful individuals …