Tag / Reel Asian
Examining The Under-Representation of Asian Heroes through The Last Jedi’s Rose Tico
By Linh Nguyen These past couple months held no shortage of kick-ass action movies. Like millions of people across the globe, I headed to theatres to see Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story and revel in the films’ charismatic heroes. Though I largely enjoyed my viewing experience I left with a familiar…
[Film] Jesus is dead/Patay na si Hesus
Director: Victor Villanueva, Philippines 2016 Philippines, 2016 / Rated 14A / 90:00 / Tagalog, Bisaya with English subtitles / Canadian Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Jesus is dead is a film about a family’s journey to bury an ex-husband and father. Iyay (Jaclyn Jose) assembles her children: Jude (Chai Fonacier), Jay (Melde…
[Film] Reel Asian Micro Reviews 2016
Many P40 members attended various Reel Asian movie screenings across their two week programming schedule. We’ve rounded up some micro-reviews for the events that we made it to! Kim’s Convenience Industry Panel (11/09) Mirae Lee: If I spent the last five weeks laughing at Appa’s jokes on my own from my laptop screen, I…