Chicago – Taiwan is the focus for the Asian Pop-Up Cinema this upcoming Saturday and Sunday, March 23rd and 24th, as Season 18 kicks off. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com will moderate the post film Q&a sessions on Saturday, with the films “A Boy and a Girl” and “The Young Hoodlum.” Click Taiwan for tickets.
In behalf of the Saturday films there will be appearances by director Hsu Li-Da, producer Tang Tsai-Yang and actress Kira Skelly of “A Boy and a Girl” and director Yu Chi Han and actor Joseph Huang of “The Young Hoodlum.” The third film on Sunday is (click link) ”After School”. All films will screen at the conveniently located AMC Newcity in Chicago’s Clybourn Street neighborhood.
Left: ‘A Boy and a Girl’ .. Center: ‘Young Hoodlum’ .. Right: ‘After School’
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“A Boy and a Girl” is director/screenwriter Hsu Li-Da’s story of raw...
In behalf of the Saturday films there will be appearances by director Hsu Li-Da, producer Tang Tsai-Yang and actress Kira Skelly of “A Boy and a Girl” and director Yu Chi Han and actor Joseph Huang of “The Young Hoodlum.” The third film on Sunday is (click link) ”After School”. All films will screen at the conveniently located AMC Newcity in Chicago’s Clybourn Street neighborhood.
Left: ‘A Boy and a Girl’ .. Center: ‘Young Hoodlum’ .. Right: ‘After School’
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“A Boy and a Girl” is director/screenwriter Hsu Li-Da’s story of raw...
- 3/21/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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After School is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Although the film starts on a somewhat dramatic note, with two men and a woman visiting another man in a wheelchair in his last moments, the story quickly moves back in time, in 1994, where in fast, colorful, and comedic fashion, we are introduced to the main protagonists. Cheng Heng is the main narrator, an only child who aspires to be a filmmaker, although...
After School is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Although the film starts on a somewhat dramatic note, with two men and a woman visiting another man in a wheelchair in his last moments, the story quickly moves back in time, in 1994, where in fast, colorful, and comedic fashion, we are introduced to the main protagonists. Cheng Heng is the main narrator, an only child who aspires to be a filmmaker, although...
- 3/21/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Could A24 wrestle another Oscar contender into the mix while already having two strong candidates with “Past Lives” and “The Zone of Interest”?
At the beginning of “The Iron Claw,” the narrator says the Von Erich family is cursed. Towards the film’s latter half, when the supposed curse has reared its ugly head, a man sitting directly in front of me with a woman begins to weep physically and audibly intensely. The woman grabbed his head to comfort him, but it was proving too much for the gentleman, who grabbed his crutches and walked out of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The woman quickly followed him. The two would return for the post-screening Q&a with writer-director Sean Durkin and cast members Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Stanley Simons.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
The fleeting and overwhelming emotion he displayed was understandable,...
At the beginning of “The Iron Claw,” the narrator says the Von Erich family is cursed. Towards the film’s latter half, when the supposed curse has reared its ugly head, a man sitting directly in front of me with a woman begins to weep physically and audibly intensely. The woman grabbed his head to comfort him, but it was proving too much for the gentleman, who grabbed his crutches and walked out of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The woman quickly followed him. The two would return for the post-screening Q&a with writer-director Sean Durkin and cast members Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Stanley Simons.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
The fleeting and overwhelming emotion he displayed was understandable,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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Capturing the malaise of insomnia, Makoto Ojiro's “insomniacs After School” transfers the listlessness of both stumbling through one's informative years and sleeplessness into a charming slice-of-life romance. Furthermore, after winning the Mando Kobayashi Manga Grand Prix 2023 and with an upcoming anime adaptation, the series is perfectly poised to be one of the breakaway titles of spring 2023.
In many ways, the title presents a typical love story in the manga format, with two...
on Amazon by clicking on the image below
Capturing the malaise of insomnia, Makoto Ojiro's “insomniacs After School” transfers the listlessness of both stumbling through one's informative years and sleeplessness into a charming slice-of-life romance. Furthermore, after winning the Mando Kobayashi Manga Grand Prix 2023 and with an upcoming anime adaptation, the series is perfectly poised to be one of the breakaway titles of spring 2023.
In many ways, the title presents a typical love story in the manga format, with two...
- 3/24/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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Melanie Martinez on ‘The Voice’ Season 3 | Tyler Golden/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Melanie Martinez auditioned for ‘The Voice’ Season 3
Martinez auditioned for The Voice Season 3 when she was just 16 years old. For her Blind Audition, she performed an acoustic rendition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” Martinez made the song her own with breathy, drawn-out notes and changes to the melody. Coaches Adam Levine,...
Melanie Martinez on ‘The Voice’ Season 3 | Tyler Golden/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Melanie Martinez auditioned for ‘The Voice’ Season 3
Martinez auditioned for The Voice Season 3 when she was just 16 years old. For her Blind Audition, she performed an acoustic rendition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” Martinez made the song her own with breathy, drawn-out notes and changes to the melody. Coaches Adam Levine,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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