Author: Quentin Lee
#metoo, Dr. Dennis Kelly
Last Thursday, I was driving my 3-year-old son to preschool around 7 am listening to NPR news as usual. I heard an interview with a…
Comedian Leah Mansfield on Nukes, Being Native and Coming Out
Comedian Leah Mansfield, Sue Limsukonth and I got together this morning to record an episode for Slanted View podcast, but alas, out of my complete…
Betty Ouyang on Her First Film “Father’s Day”
Betty Ouyang’s directorial debut “Father’s Day” just premiered in streaming on CHOPSO. We did an interview with the upstart Asian American actress and filmmaker on…
Hong Kong Mon Amour (or the Twice Cooked Immigrant)
The most heartbreaking moment in my life was when I was eleven my parents came home in Hong Kong and said that we had to…
Sartthar Tharchai’s Delicious Thailand
When location scouting in Bangkok, my friend Thomas Nahm (Production Supervisor on Netflix’s Street Food and Chef’s Table) introduced me to a young filmmaker Sartthar…
Chinese Imperialism: Japanese American Got Punched by Chinese Attorney for Saying “Taiwan is independent” in America.
Yesterday, my friend Oki, a Japanese American film archivist living in Los Angeles, got punched by a (Mainland) Chinese national who was an attorney while…
Rika Ohara on Yoko Ono and The Heart of No Place
Rika Ohara’s The Heart of No Place has just premiered on CHOPSO whose senior writer Quentin Lee has seized the opportunity to interview her about…
Travelers Beware: Grab Thailand Scam
Latest Update: Grab has reversed the credit card charge after the publication of this article. Still travelers should not use the cash option as it…
Evolution of Kenneth Bi
Hong Kong born Canadian citizen Kenneth Bi is a veteran film director currently based in Hong Kong. Here, he discusses his oeuvre in Chinese cinema…
Sacred Games and its Transgender Glamour
Netflix India’s first original hit series Sacred Games has a secret weapon. If you hate spoilers, please don’t read the article. You’re forewarned. What truly…
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