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25 Jan

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Have a complicated identity? America’s future looks ‘A Lot Like You’

by · January 25, 2013 · 2 Comments

Filmmaker Eli Kimaro in her Columbia City home. Her documentary 'A Lot Like You' has won acclaim around the world and opens at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival tonight. (Photo by Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times)

“The bibimbap, is that dolsot?” asks documentary filmmaker Eli Kimaro looking up from the menu of Wabi-Sabi in Columbia City. She’s trying to gauge the authenticity of the Korean dish in question. This version doesn’t come in the traditional heated stone pot (dolsot), but she goes for it anyway–calling the rice bowl a favorite “comfort [...]

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10 Nov

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Couch Fest 2012: Global film couched In fun

by · November 10, 2012 · 0 Comments

Couch Fest volunteers. (Photo courtesy of Couch Fest)

Couch Fest 2012 is today! It’s a festival of short films screened in the houses of total strangers, in cities all around the world, including Seattle. The concept is simple: neighbors invite you in to watch shorts in their home, on their cozy couch. It sounds just like inviting your friends over to watch youtube, [...]

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31 Oct

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Foreign zombie flicks dish up a twisted buffet of awesome

by · October 31, 2012 · 0 Comments

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Run for your life folks, zombies are everywhere. It’s Halloween night, and if you haven’t made your costume yet, take a cue from some chilling foreign zombie flicks and you’ll be the undead life of the party. The American zombie scene has been saturated with zombie flicks that just look, and bite, the same. Sure, classics [...]

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