This article was originally posted via the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER on April 7, 2025. Subscribe here to receive articles, videos, podcasts and more before everyone else! Spending four days in Las Vegas is a journey. Attending CinemaCon while in Las Vegas is an...
This article was originally posted via the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER on January 28, 2025. Subscribe here. The Wedding Banquet opens in theaters on April 18. The Wedding Banquet premiered at Sundance on January 27. My Bluesky/Letterboxd reaction to the film was the...
This article was originally posted via the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER on March 14, 2025. Subscribe here. On March 9, 2025, it was the start of Daylight Saving Time and we lost an hour of sleep. This happened while I was in Austin for SXSW, one of the most lively major...
This article was originally posted via the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER on March 4, 2025. Subscribe here. There are some days when I just want to get a little messy on the internet. The other I decided to play in the Threads pool when I saw that Emilia Pérez actor Karla...
As I watched Variety’s Golden Globes pre-show coverage, I witnessed my fellow journalism peers reading stats from one of the night’s sponsors, Polymarket, an online betting platform. The stats moved across the screen as if I was watching SportsCenter. The Globes...
This article was originally published in the DIASPORA NEWSLETTER on December 9, 2024. With the recent unveiling of Film Independent Spirit Awards and Golden Globes nominees as well as the recent Gotham Awards and numerous critic circle accolades, awards season has...
There are tons of easter eggs in Jon M. Chu's first installment of the two-part movie musical movie juggernaut Wicked -- specifically in the "One Short Day" moment, one of many expansive musical sequences that dance across the screen with enthusiastic electricity...
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains specific plot details about Interior Chinatown read at your own risk! Let's just get this out of the way: Interior Chinatown is a good series. It's worth your time and is fun to watch. Is it perfect? No. Then again, is any show...
Listen… I am aware that I am late to this discussion about Simu Liu’s anti-appropriation crusade of boba on CBC’s Dragon’s Den, Canada’s interpolation of Shark Tank. I’ve read many comments and tons of articles about this moment in TV history but for those of you...
