Having grown up in a large family with two siblings and many cousins, I always found it difficult keeping track of everyone’s age – especially when it came to the order from eldest to youngest. I knew I was a […]
Lunar New Year: The Calendars
In preparation of the upcoming Lunar New Year, Reel Asian presents a mini blog series discussing the traditions behind this widely celebrated event. Join Reel Asian and FACL on March 5 as we hold our first Lunar New Year Fundraiser […]
Toronto Youth Shorts on Rogers TV
A selection of winners from the 2012 Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival will be airing on Rogers TV the next two weeks and amongst the selections are work from Reel Asian friends. On the week of September 10-16, three short […]
How About a Free Movie with that Street Meat?
Who doesn’t love night markets, especially Asian style ones? What can be better than the smell of stinky tofu as it fills the air while you make your way through rows and rows of assorted Asian treats with a hollowed […]
BananaTimes goes deep with Asiansploitation
Our friends from sketch-comedy troupe Asiansploitation return with their newest offering – Asiansploitation Goes Deep. You may remember troupe member Franco as Reel Asian’s dapper and dandy poster man-child last year. And to give us more insight on this new […]
Banana Review: Starry Starry Night
Just when you thought Phil was gone…he strikes again with another BananaTimes review, this time on our upcoming presentation Starry Starry Night. Writer-director Tom Lin delivers an impressive and ambitious sophomore feature with STARRY STARRY NIGHT, a film adaptation of […]
Banana Reviews: Silenced (Korea 2011)
Last year, Philbert Lui was the guest blog critic for several of our 2011 selections. Philbert also happens to be an emerging filmmaker AND a member of the Reel Asian Marketing Committee AND the founder of BananaTimes. If you don’t […]
Call for Submissions: T24 Project Film Challenge
The Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival is bringing back their T24 Project 24 hour film challenge on Friday February 10. The T24 Project is a unique 24 hour film challenge unlike any other. For one night, teams of local young/emerging […]
Review: BananaTimes on Surrogate Valentine
BananaTimes reviews Surrogate Valentine and tells us why it sucks to be in “The Friend Zone”. Surrogate Valentine is screening at Reel Asian on Sunday, November 13, 3:00 PM at The Royal. Philbert Lui is a 2011 Reel Asian Marketing […]
Review: BananaTimes on Bleak Night
Check out TheBananaTimes’ review of one of this year’s Korean selection, Bleak Night here. The Toronto premiere of Bleak Night will be screening at Reel Asian on Saturday, November 12, 2:45 PM at The Royal and again in Richmond Hill […]