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Between the Pages of Contemporary Asian American Literature There’s an evolution in contemporary Asian American literature from the usual immigrant story to something more nuanced and varied, something that’s more reflective of the varieties of “Asian Americaness”. Sex and Vanity, the half-Chinese, half-old money WASP Lucie Tang Churchill is confronted with (yet another) request to explain her identity. Lucie is in Capri alongside her equally WASPy (but not Chinese) cousin Charlotte when a tour guide mistakes Lucie for a friend rather than a relation.  “Oh? Your cousin?” Paolo gl...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Asian American movies like The Joy Luck Club have been one of the few to showcase predominantly Asian casts, but things are starting to change. Thanks in large part to the box office success of Crazy Rich Asians, Hollywood has turned their eyes to Asian American stories. Movies like Minari are also showing Asian American stories can be artful and award worthy. Check out the list below for more films that showcase the As...

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG Wins Audience Choice Award For Best Short Narrative At 16th DisOrient Asian American Film Festival Virginia Wing, the star of When The World Was Young, garnered a 2021 DisOrient Inspirational Artist Award.by BWW News Desk When The World Was Young, a family drama that tells the story of siblings Benjamin (Jason Ma) and Audrey (Lia Chang) who return home to confront their Mother's (Virginia Wing) memory loss and discover a hidden key to her past, was voted Audience Choice for Best Short Narrative at the 16th annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon. Virg...

‘Rose Plays Julie’ and ‘Perfumes’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque Updated Mar 17, 2021; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “Rose Plays Julie” explores the flipside to the happy reunion between a mother and the child she put up for adoption. There are tears of a different kind when Rose, a university student raised happily in an adopted family, forces a meeting with her less-than-interested birth mother. Also beginning March 19, Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) and the Cinematheque are screening fun French come...

‘Mafia Inc.’ and ‘The Tunnel’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Just when you thought the exhausted mafia film genre had nothing new to offer, here comes the brand new “Mafia Inc.” Set in Montreal and based on a true story, the Sicilian-mafia drama — which stars veteran Italian actor-writer-director Sergio Castellitto — has a 100 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Beginning March 12, Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque is offering the film through its virtual s...