These films survey a breadth of queer experiences and interweave them with the knotty complications of imperial histories and conservative shame, alongside beautiful emotional […]

While most films made by Asian American filmmakers were independently produced outside of a hostile studio system, these four features stand out for their […]

In contrast to the nerdy typecast, Asian American teenage slackers, stoner layabouts, and contrarian action heroes shine in these genre-twisting films, which are essential […]

Inspired by Asian Film Archive’s own repository of films, Off The Catalogue presents a curated mix from its collection, ready to be rediscovered by […]

Commercial studio films helped shape many of the representational stereotypes of Asians in America, from the focus on Chinatowns and artificial homogeneity of Asian […]

These nonfiction titles—a newly restored classic and three recent documentaries—demonstrate the vitality of Asian American documentary filmmaking in complicating, reframing, and uplifting communal histories. […]

Intergenerational conflict in immigrant families and the relentless drive towards upward mobility quickly became mainstay and tired themes of Asian American dramas. In these […]

From Chinatown sagas and experimental documentary, to musicals in Technicolor and punk-inspired chamber dramas, this series brings together a constellation of voices from the […]

Inspired by Asian Film Archive’s own repository of films, Off The Catalogue presents a curated mix from its collection, ready to be rediscovered by […]

About the programme First comes the resonance, then a light, quivering with no definite rhythms. Proceeding from specific spheres of Vietnamese filmmaking, Echoes, Embers […]