OPENING NIGHT – TAKE 2 – FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH
I really don’t know where to start this blog, there is so much to say that on a personal level, “opening night” blew my mind. I mean, how many times do you get to meet a director who started a movie...
View ArticleSATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING BUT ONLY AFTER TAIWAN’S PEACE
Being a graduate student at Taiwan’s most prestigious university, National Taiwan University (aka Tai Da) back in 1979, there is no way that I could miss out on attending one of this year’s SDAFF new...
View ArticleYELLOW FEVER: Please Don’t Bug Me.
Documentaries and true stories bring us windows of someone else’s lives, where we can lay witness to the suffering and hardships of others. We in essence became Sunday, armchair quarterbacks expounding...
View ArticleSUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAAAAAY: PART 2 – HUMAN TRAFFICKING: The Invisible Jam
Part 1 of this blog elucidated that documentaries and true stories bring us windows of someone else’s lives, where we can lay witness to the suffering and hardships of others. It’s key that when you...
View ArticleFLYING SWORDS: OMG
Last night was to me one of the biggest shocks of the festival…I was so blown away by this film that I couldn’t believe my eyes. I’ve been covering film for over 20 years and like many film critics...
View ArticleVIETTE-NAM: (H)annoyed No More, and the Sigh Gone
Mye Hoang is baaaaack at the SDAFF, but this time it’s personal…no joking, it is. For many years, Hoang worked for the San Diego Asian Film Foundation applying her personal touch, knowledge and...
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