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Oklahoman May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States, and this year, it comes at a time when those communities are seeing historic strides in popular culture even as violence and racism persist.  This comes even as the entertainment industry is offering greater exposure to Asian and Asian American filmmakers, actors and stories. At this year's Academy Awards, Youn Yuh-jung, the scene-stealing co-star of the Oklahoma-made movie "Minari," made history as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar, as did Chinese filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who became the first w...

In honor of Mother’s Day (and moms everywhere) we found the absolute best movies about moms of all time. Snuggle up with Mom and press play!

Subscribe Based on Julie Murphy's young adult bestseller, Anne Fletcher's coming-of-age comedy puts a spotlight on the complexity of a mother-daughter relationship as former beauty queen Rosie (Jennifer Aniston) and her plus-size teenage daughter, Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald), navigate years of unresolved conflict between them. Case in point: It doesn't help that Rosie keeps calling Willowdean Dumplin,' because she thinks her daughter looks like a "round little dumplin'." Finally, our title heroine figures out a way for her mom to hear her out. Why not enter the small town's annual Miss Te...

The 7 best movie moms are loving, sometimes flawed characters By Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, (TNS) What’s the best kind of movie mom? Good or evil, I like one we sense exists outside the margins of the movie. That’s true of any character. They’re most interesting when they’re so complicated that the movie can’t capture all of their dimensions, and we get only tantalizing glimpses. I’m thinking of Margaret Marmee March in “Little Women,” who raises extraordinary daughters without much help from their father but who’s also an activist with unrealized dreams. “I am angry near...

David Lewis May 5, 2021Updated: May 9, 2021, 1:18 am The Smith Rafael Film Center will be hosting this year’s in-person, indoors DocLands Documentary Film Festival. Photo: Smith Rafael Film Center For 14 months, Bay Area film festivals have made do during the COVID-19 pandemic with streaming, drive-in showings and virtual Q&As with filmmakers and stars. To be sure, outdoor screenings offer their own charms and festival streaming is here to stay. But some still clamor for the intimacy, community and power that only a theatrical festival experience can provide. Well, the wait app...