Vietnamese American writer, editor, and arts worker Brooklyn They/them, 25 chungkingexpressllc (at) gmail (dot) com
Brooklyn, New York
Joined July 2026
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Wrote about the end times with Tsai Ming-liang's "The Hole" (1998), Prince's "Purple Rain," and Hideaki Anno's "The End of Evangelion" (1997) as my guides into the belly of the beast for @bruisermag. bruisermag.com/Phi_World
Wrote about Chie Hayakawa's "Renoir" (2025) in dialogue with Shinji Sōmai's "Moving" (1993) and Edward Yang's "Yi Yi" (2000), discussing the encounter between childlike wonder and death in contemporary East Asian film for @SensesofCinema! sensesofcinema.com/2026/feat…
Wrote about my move to New York last year, the ethos of New Taiwan Cinema, and how watching Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Millennium Mambo" (2001) at the @Metrograph marked a turning point in my life for Magazine Non Grata! substack.magazinenongrata.co…
Bea Phi retweeted
"In mere seconds, [Kyōko] Kagawa maneuvers with finesse between docile and emboldened... the murderous stare in harmony with the hand holding the murderous hairpin."
Bea Phi encapsulates the versatile Japanese actress in one shot.
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Wrote about Kyōko Kagawa in Akira Kurosawa's "Red Beard" (1965) and other films for @mubinotebook ahead of her retrospective at @AsiaSociety and @AnthologyFilm screening from August 13 to 16! mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/k…