Vietnam
The NY Asian Film Festival provides movie lovers in the tri-state area with a great opportunity to see films across a wide range of genres.
Da 5 Bloods is the first great Black Vietnam film, not just the first. It’s a movie whose modern envelope minces empathy and excitement within the unsung sacrifice of the African American soldier.
With gorgeous cinematography, The Third Wife invites us into a broken world of arranged marriage and patriarchy in 19th-century Vietnam.
Furie has severe pacing issues, but is saved due to the exhilarating showcase of Vernoica Ngo’s talents as an action star.
Ken Wiederhorn’s mostly forgotten 1977 film Shock Waves is an apt metaphor about the fear of a fascist planet.