On SFIAAFF movies...

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is in town! I've gone to several films in the last few days, but the best one by far was the one I saw last night: Made In Korea: A One Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam?. This autobiographical documentary follows the story of In-Soo Radstake (who was there last night!), a Korean adoptee who great up in the Netherlands, and his journey back to Korea to discover his roots. All in all, a great film, some funny parts, some heart-wrenching parts, and a somewhat surprising ending. ;-)

Others I saw this weekend:
Baby - So-Cal Asian gangster angst. Lots of blood and violence. Lots of slow moving imagery and cutting in and out of scenes. Probably worth seeing if you're into the whole gangster thing, but I wasn't *that* floored.

The Mistress of Spices - Aishwarya Rai. Yes, we all know you are gorgeous. But did we really need to see close-ups of you in every single shot? Pretty cheesy movie. I'd pass on this one. Unless you really really like her...

I also heard that Shanghai Kiss was good, but missed out on that one. In other movie news, I'm really excited to see The Namesake...hopefully I can get to that this weekend.