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Mayukh Sen on “Daughter of the Dragon,” by Yunte Huang, a biography of the Chinese American actress Anna May Wong, and her impact on Asian representation onscreen.

The 1938 Oscar winner snubbed Asian stars and cast heavily made-up white actors in Chinese roles. Has the Academy finally redeemed itself?

The first Chinese-American movie stars struggle for acceptance in the land of her ancestors.

“The soul of a great nation is expressed in the life of its humblest people. In this simple ...

As the first Chinese American movie star in Hollywood, Anna May Wong made more than 60 films, but was never cast as the lead. That changed when she paved a way for herself in Great Britain.

The groundbreaking Chinese American actress will be honored as part of a US Mint program.

In the thick of a fresh wave of book bans, librarians in some states are on the cusp of being criminally targeted if they buck political orthodoxy.

The final wave of programming has been announced for the Fantasia International Film Festival. Read moreo n Dread Central.

FINAL CUT, MY BROKEN MARIKO, THE ELDERLY, THAT KIND OF SUMMER, BODIES BODIES BODIES, and Dario Argento’s DARK GLASSES among a wealth of titles.

The Good Earth simultaneously manages to be both a classic and not very good. This is not, I trust, a controversial statement: Pearl Buck’s 1931 novel suffered a mixed reputation from the start. While many early readers hailed her work for its realistic descriptions of life in the Chinese countryside, critics derided The Good Earth as saccharine and simplistic.