Category: Culture
Weapons Metaphorizes America’s Worst Fears
It’s no wonder that Weapons is a hit at the U.S. box office as the movie arrives at the perfect time when our political fears manifest every day in America where we feel helpless to talk about. Now there is a horror movie that answers to our worst nightmare—school mass shootings.
Jenifer Yeuroukis Made the First DOGMA LA 25 Feature The Queerdos
Jenifer Yeuroukis, a filmmaker friend I’ve met about a decade ago in my hip hop classes at the former Edge Performance Art Center in Los Angeles, has just directed her first feature film The Queerdos that I executive produced. The Queerdos also marks the first feature film of the film movement Dogma LA 25 that a collective of filmmakers and I have founded. Wrapping The Queerdos, I’ve taken the opportunity to have a conversation with her.
Filmmaker Colette Johnson-Vosberg’s Unlabelled to World Premiere at Inside Out
Last year, Colette Johnson-Vosberg’s Unusually Normal world premiered at Inside Out. This year, she is world-premiering her LGBTQ+ follow-up feature doc Unlabelled about three trans people from Toronto at the same festival. I caught up with my prolific collaborator after hearing the news of her film’s world premiere.
Guided Dance Meditation from Viet Dang
Professional dancer and choreographer Viet Dang has launched a groundbreaking new venture titled Guided Dance Meditation—a pioneering movement and television series that blends dance, meditation, and wellness. CHOPSO sat down with Viet, also known as MoOon, to talk about his latest creative endeavor. Catch an exclusive six-episode series of Guided Dance Meditation—streaming FREE now on AAM.tv!
Conan O’Brien’s Gibberish Chinese on the 2025 Oscars Broadcast Was Racist #OscarsSoRacist
On Sunday, March 2, I was enjoying a glass of champagne and popcorn while watching the 2025 Oscars show with my family. Conan O’Brien began with a polite greeting in fluent Spanish, followed by something in Hindi… and then proceeded to speak gibberish Chinese.
The Accidental Immigrant
When I first landed in San Francisco in 1988 to go to school at Berkeley, I wasn’t planning on staying. Perhaps around Junior Year, after I came out as queer and then started identifying with Asian Americans, as most of my friends were… I thought that I might want to stay… but I didn’t know how.
Creating Zombiclaus Shot by Shot
On the eve before the world premiere of Zombiclaus (2024), a 35 seconds short film fully created with AI by filmmaker Quentin Lee, CHOPSO discusses the genesis of Zombiclaus with the writer, director and producer who made the film all by himself via AI technology
5th Annual Yale in Hollywood Fest Drops Trailer on Youtube
Dropping the trailer on Youtube today, Yale in Hollywood Fest will launch their fifth edition global virtual film festival streaming free to the world from…
The Rise of Chinese Pan Zhenle from Olympic Gold Winner to Western Media Martyr
From the perspective of a North American immigrant from China, the Western media treatment of Pan Zhenle, a Chinese Olympic gold winner, has ranged from rude to racist. It has been well documented that the American silver winner refused to shake Pan’s hand and some random Australian swim coach (who has nothing much to do with the current Olympics) caused a Western media circus to discredit Pan’s gold medal for unfounded suspicion of doping, which has already been discredited by the Olympics committee and major Western media like The Guardian.
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