Contributions from Ian Wang | Little White Lies

Contributor Ian Wang

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In Praise Of

How Ping Pong revolutionised British Chinese cinema

by Ian Wang

Po-Chih Leong’s 1986 fea­ture, the first by a British Chi­nese direc­tor, was a land­mark release. So why has it been large­ly forgotten?
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How Minari conveys Asian wariness of the American Dream

by Ian Wang

Lee Isaac Chung’s film car­ries on a tra­di­tion of skep­ti­cism towards the promis­es of cul­tur­al assimilation.