The immigrant experience - in writing
1. Yiyun Li, Jhumpa Lahiri's chinese doppelganger, has been writing about chinese experience in America, American Chinese experience in China, for a while now. Most recently, one of her stories - Gold Boy, Emerald Girl - appeared in New Yorker. Her earlier stories are compiled into "A thousand years of good prayers," two of which are adapted by Wayne Wang into two companion films - the first one, muted and very subtle, titled after the book, is in theatres right now; while the second one, The Princess of Nebraska, is released on YouTube Screening Room. If you are reading your entertainment business news regularly, you would have read articles about how online distribution is the new niche thing, mentioning Princess of Nebraska as an example.
YouTube reps are actually marching into every major film festival these days, hunting for low budget indie movies to get content for their Screening Room. I wish them luck. May be, one day, instead of linking IMDB, you will start linking movies off YouTube directly to share with friends. Amazon, are you listening? Oh, right, you don't care, because you encroached into eBay arena and happy about it.
2. Wife and Husband team have released two new movies simultaneously. The divorce apparently is a publicity stunt, the cynical would have you believe. While the trailer of wife's movie - Filth and Wisdom - had me curious (who could ignore the Madonna name tag?), the movie is trashed by critics. Mostly. The husband apparently is back to form, and his movie is getting lukewarm reviews. Form is enough for me, ad nauseam or not. I could use another "Snatch" for this weekend.
3. Who would have expected that the Broadway Deli, nestled among the mall type stores on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, is not a tourist trap, but actually a good deli that can serve a half decent Pastrami Reuben?
I didn't. I stand corrected.
4. Sidewalk dining, while reading a magazine. I walk to Johnnie's almost every day these days for lunch.
Either I must love their barbecue chicken salad with cilantro topping or have a huge crush on the cute waitress. I can't decide which.
5. Quiz question that should have been asked four years ago: What's the hit television series whose pilot episode is directed by Bryan Singer with an addictive theme by Massive Attack? (Or more obtusely - Connect P.G.Wodehouse and Bryan Singer)
YouTube reps are actually marching into every major film festival these days, hunting for low budget indie movies to get content for their Screening Room. I wish them luck. May be, one day, instead of linking IMDB, you will start linking movies off YouTube directly to share with friends. Amazon, are you listening? Oh, right, you don't care, because you encroached into eBay arena and happy about it.
2. Wife and Husband team have released two new movies simultaneously. The divorce apparently is a publicity stunt, the cynical would have you believe. While the trailer of wife's movie - Filth and Wisdom - had me curious (who could ignore the Madonna name tag?), the movie is trashed by critics. Mostly. The husband apparently is back to form, and his movie is getting lukewarm reviews. Form is enough for me, ad nauseam or not. I could use another "Snatch" for this weekend.
3. Who would have expected that the Broadway Deli, nestled among the mall type stores on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, is not a tourist trap, but actually a good deli that can serve a half decent Pastrami Reuben?
I didn't. I stand corrected.
4. Sidewalk dining, while reading a magazine. I walk to Johnnie's almost every day these days for lunch.
Either I must love their barbecue chicken salad with cilantro topping or have a huge crush on the cute waitress. I can't decide which.
5. Quiz question that should have been asked four years ago: What's the hit television series whose pilot episode is directed by Bryan Singer with an addictive theme by Massive Attack? (Or more obtusely - Connect P.G.Wodehouse and Bryan Singer)