Written by Katie Constantine Edited by Tiffany Chan and Kathryn Cooperman It’s clear why Minari, an indie movie based on the childhood of writer/director Lee Isaac Chung, is nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2021 Academy Awards. Set in the 1980’s, Minari follows the Yi’s, a Korean-American family that moves from a city in California […]Read Post ›
By Annie Wang and Tiffany Chan Edited by Morgan Moore With awards season wrapping up, it is safe to say that 2018 was a tremendous year for the Asian American experience in film and television. Last year we saw more Asian American (AA) actors and entertainers taking center stage and more stories written specifically about […]Read Post ›
Kimberly M. Wang is a veteran television Director and Producer who has since pivoted into brand-storytelling photography. Based in New York City, Kimberly creates photo-based feature stories for magazines and other publications. These stories often feature prominent creatives and artists at the top of their fields. She also creates portraiture and video content for entrepreneurs […]Read Post ›
Last week, we sat down with Ane to discuss her personal journey through the arts but this week we got the chance to ask her more about the hows/whys of her work.
Ane Crabtree is the costume designer behind The Handmaid’s Tale, Westworld, Masters of Sex, Pan Am, and many more. Read Part 1 of her story here
I decided that in 2017 I was going to do something I’d never done before and center my media consumption experience entirely around people of color. How is it going?
Broad City, a Comedy Central critical darling, took a deeply serious turn from its usual witty surrealism in the recent season three episode “Burning Bridges.” Best friends Abbi and Ilana have spent the series navigating their twenties in New York and getting into increasingly silly and consequence-free hijinks, but season three has been a slow […]Read Post ›
Pretty Little Liars debuted in 2010 as a teenage murder mystery soap, loosely based on Sara Shepard’s book series of the same name. After the mysterious disappearance of their friend Alison, four estranged friends reunite when they receive threatening texts from “A,” who seems to be posing as the missing Alison. After five and a […]Read Post ›
We re-watch movies and binge-watching television shows that we have memorized. If we know the endings and we know all the jokes, why are we truly watching these things? One would say it is for the experience, but is not the experience lessened each time we re-watch something? In real life, if we go somewhere […]Read Post ›
The Female Gaze 