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The Chinese, who have been innovators in so many areas, are now revealed to have formalized the BFF relationship as long ago as 1839. In Hunan, when two women were Best Friends Forever, they were laotong. This was a relationship that could begin with the agreement of their parents before birth, and persist independent of marriage, children or the changing fortunes of life. It is at the heart of Lisa See's period best-seller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and has inspired a film that carries the concept into the present day.

‘Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir’ Review: A Storyteller’s Storied Life Variety 3/1/2021 Novelist Amy Tan’s centrality to the history of Asian American representation in literature and on-screen cannot be overstated. And the late James Redford’s pleasant, sympathetic biographical documentary, “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir” is careful to avoid any such overstatement: It presents Tan’s fascinating life story from an intimate perspective, which is engaging and compelling on the level of personal reminiscence, but perhaps inevitably falls short in the broader assessment of her cultural ...

Mira Nair, Lee Issac Chung, Lulu Wang on whether their identity as Asian American filmmakers ends up pigeonholing them Filmmakers Mira Nair, Lee Issac Chung and Lulu Wang discuss their film aesthetics and how it shapes up to form a 'collective sensibility' Nearly 40 years ago, the filmmaker Wayne Wang cobbled together $22,000 and shot his debut feature on the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown. The result was Chan Is Missing, widely considered the first Asian American indie film and a work that managed to be at once a vérité peek into a neighbour...

Alan Yang in front of a scene from his drama “Tigertail.” He said recently “a white guy sent me a script that was all Asian characters, and I was like, oh, it must be in vogue!”Credit...Justin J Wee for The New York Times A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise Lulu Wang, Lee Isaac Chung, Bing Liu, Alan Yang, Justin Chon, Sandi Tan and Mira Nair talk forthrightly about staying true to themselves while navigating Hollywood and issues of identity. Alan Yang in front of a scene from his drama “Tigertail.” He said recently “a white guy sent me a script that...

Chang-rae Lee on Elena Ferrante,'Luster,' and the Book He's Re-Read the Most ELLE 3/02/2021 Riza Cruz © Illustration by Mia Feitel and Yousra Attia The Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and author of My Year Abroad, takes our literary survey. Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column>>>P, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. ...