Founded in 1997 by Anita Lee and Andrew Sun, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is now in it’s 22nd year.
Author: Carolyn Hinds
Carolyn Hinds
I am a Freelance Film Critic, Journalist and Podcaster - and avid live tweeter. Member of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), my published work can be found on ButWhyThoPodcast, The Beat, Observer, and many other sites. As a critic, I believe my personal experiences and outlook on life, give readers and listeners a different perspective they can appreciate, and help them to see things in a new light. I am the proud host of Beyond The Romance Drama Podcast - a podcast dedicated to discussing Korean and other Asian dramas, the co-host of So Here's What Happened! Podcast (@SHWH_Pod), and the weekly science fiction film and TV live tweet event #SaturdayNightSciFi.
On this segment of the Carolyn Talks series, host Carolyn hinds speak with Author Joy Kogawa about her narrative AR game, East of the Rockies.
South Korea’s Coming Home Again premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Find out it explores, memory, food, and grief.
In The Rat, from writer and director Carlen May-Mann, 18 year-old Renee goes with her boyfriend Jim to an old abandoned house and horror unfolds.
In Conviction, 3 Nova Scotia directors collaborate with women on the inside to imagine what they would have needed to avoid incarceration.
If you ask me how to describe First Love, my best and favourite way to do so would be to say that it is a mix of a little bit of Rumble in The Bronx, with a helping of Kung Fu Hustle (minus the gigantic bells), and a dash of Monty Python. In all of that, you get one of the most entertaining films I’ve seen in years. Directed by Takashi Miike, First Love is an action packed, hilarious thrill ride that delivers on humor as well as heart. After getting knocked out for the first time in a boxing…
If you’ve ever attended a funeral and something absurd happened and it made you laugh, then The Father by Petar Valchancov is relatable
In this episode of “Carolyn Talks…” she speaks with contemporary romance writer Rebekah Weatherspoon about creating stories.