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Toronto International Film Festival Review – ‘Seagrass’ is a Complex Interrogation of Heritage, Identity, and Relationships

A person’s identity is a complex thing, and people are far too prone to making baseless assumptions about who someone is and what they’ve been through over the course of their life. A new environment or being in the same place as a new person or group of people can bring to the surface previously…

Shortcomings : Exclusive Interview with Director Randall Park 

Synopsis : Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best…

SHORTCOMINGS | Official Trailer (2023) : Starring Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” garnered most of the categories at the 2023 Academy Awards.  It’s really appropriate to see “Fresh off the Boat” actor Randall Park, who has taken Asian entertainment power to the next level, to make his first stab at feature filmmaking in “Shortcomings” which is based on the graphic novel of the…

Randall Park’s ‘Shortcomings’ Signed by Sony Pictures Classics

Shortcomings, the directorial debut by actor Randall Park, is being picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, which has acquired worldwide rights. Shortcomings premiered recently at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In announcing the project, Sony Pictures Classics said that “Randall Park’s Shortcomings is as relevant today as when Adrian Tomine’s book was first published almost…

Sundance Film Festival / Shortcomings : Review / Randall Park Makes a Playful Comedy About Romance and Asian Representation

Ever since the film “Crazy Rich Asians” was a smash hit, the Asian film community has blossomed. New talents have established themselves in the Hollywood industry for the last few years, and now three Asian cast members of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards. So it’s appropriate to see…