Event Reviews
All the conventions, festivals and other exhausting live events you can shake a camera at.
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SDAFF 2025 : Manok
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 After clashing with the younger queer generation, proudly open lesbian bar-owner Manok returns to her hometown to face yet more prejudice, and take on her smarmy ex-husband, who is now the equivalent of town mayor. South Korea enjoys a reputation for being a bit more open-minded than her Asian neighbors when it comes to homosexuality, but that is only a fairly recent occurrence. Parts of Seoul now have thriving LGBTQIA+ bars, clubs, and other...
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SDCC 2025 : Aztec Batman Clash of Empires
Reviewed by Alicia Glass A young Aztec boy encounters tragedy when Spanish Conquistadors murder his father, the tribe leader, and escapes to Tenochitlan to warn King Moctezuma, while learning to embrace his warrior destiny as Batman! Welcome home, fans of...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : I am a Ghost 10th Anniversary Remaster
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Way back in the, it seems like now, far-off year of 2012, I attended a showing of H.P. Mendoza’s I Am A Ghost at the San Diego Asian Film Festival of that year. I was absolutely blown away, as was the audience, and you can still read my...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : Between Goodbyes
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of a queer Korean adoptee and her reunion with her original family, sharing cultural misunderstandings, long-held regrets, and familial bonds with laughter and eventually, love. When the film begins, the Kim family and...