April 27, 2005
Life
Fu Gen's Potluck Festival
Toronto’s Fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two years. Fu-GEN has been tenacious at spurring on Asian Canadians in Toronto’s theatre scene to write, act, put on and, perhaps just as importantly, attend their plays.
Last Saturday, the company put on its second annual Potluck Festival and gave us a glimpse at the nearly completed works of six Asian-Canadian playwrights. And it seems that we all have a lot to look forward to.
Continue Reading Fu Gen's Potluck Festival reviewed by Ron Nurwisah
Life
Review of Ethan Mao
This hybrid teen-angst-psycho-thriller-family-drama was a fun movie to watch! Quentin Lee’s latest feature, Ethan Mao, is no doubt provocative and engaging for its ability to address tough teen issues, but is even more relevant in portraying the very contemporary challenges of being a typical American (or Canadian) teenager who just so happens to have Asian parents.
April 26, 2005
Life
Chinese Restaurant Screenings at the 2005 Vancouver Asian Heritage Month
We reviewed Cheuk Kwan’s Chinese Restaurants films in our Vancouver Film Festival coverage last year and we were impressed with the ambition and idea behind his globetrotting efforts to survey the stories of Chinese migration all over the world through the vehicle of the restaurants they open. This series of documentary are welcomed back to Vancouver in this year's Asian Heritage Month. Go check it out, it's worth it!
Vancouver Asian Heritage Month screenings:
At the Pacific Cinemathéque:
- Wed May 4 - Three Continents (7:30 pm); Song of the Exile (9:20 pm).
- Thu May 5 - Three Continents (7:30 pm); On the Islands (9:20 pm).
Q&A with Kwan and cinematographer Kwoi Gin will follow all Cinemathéque screenings.
For tickets call box office 604-688-FILM (3456)
At the Surrey Arts Centre:
- Sat May 7: Three Continents (7:30 pm)
- Sun May 8 On the Islands (7:30 pm).
Chinese Restaurants [Official website]
April 12, 2005
Life
Liliget: First Nations Cuisine
You know, for a city so riddled with first nations art work/souvenirs, why do we so rarely see any first nations cuisine in Vancouver? Guess we can't put a salmon soup on a T-Shirt.
Schema's Jen Ritchie tells us all about Liliget, a Gitksan restaurant in the West End.
Full story after the jump.
April 05, 2005
Life
Kungfu Hustle - Movie Preview
I watched this movie on a gorgeous Tuesday morning, 10am, with sleep in my eyes, an uneven slather of mousse in my half-wet hair and an apathetic attitude. The moment I entered the theatre, however, it all changed. I definitely did not expect a pre-communism China in all its neon-gambling-whoring-corrupt beauty ruled by gangs. Nor an Axe Gang full of young toughs in black suits and top hats throwing axes, and a gang leader who loves to dance to swinging big band music.
Read full review by Schema's Yu Gu after the jump.
Life
More (Asian) Sex in Vancouver
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Sex in Vancouver Episodes 1 and 2 portrays Asian Canadians in a contemporary setting and tells a story that resonates with anyone who has dated and dispelled a huge stereotype that Asian men are not sexy, desirous or considered romantic!
Go see more naughty comedy!
Read review of past performance, Episode 2
Sex in Vancouver has returned for a special engagement.
Only 3 days left:
Sun, Apr 10, Episode 1 - 1:00 pm, Episode 2 - 2:30 pm
Mon, Apr 11, Episode 1 - 7:00 pm, Episode 2 - 8:30 pm
Tue, Apr 12, Episode 1 - 7:00 pm, Episode 2 - 8:30 pm
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Tickets: $20 or $12 for single Episode
By phone at 778-885-1973 or cash at door
www.vact.ca
Read full commentary by Sally Lim after the jump.