Asian Cinema In Los Angeles

About Me

A labor of love for an obsessive fanboy. This started out (and continues as) a Live Journal community to help spread the word about screenings of Asian films in the L.A. area. I basically check the websites for the various theaters and make a note of any Asian films playing.
All updates will be posted in the Blog. I'll post a bulletin everytime I update the blog with new screenings. I recommend subscribing to the blog.
I don't get paid for this. I don't get free tickets to screenings. Nothing like that. Although if someone wants to give me some, I would certainly accept them. I just do it as a kind of public service. I want people to go and see these films. They need your support, and they deserve it (most of the time). It takes me a couple of hours everytime, but if even one person goes to see one of these films because of that, then it is well worth my time.
If you happen to know of something I've missed, then please let me know.
If you happen to be associated with a film that's going to be screening in the L.A. area or in Southern California, please contact me. Especially if you're part of an independent film. I'd love to make sure your film gets put on the schedule.
Questions, comments, suggestions, love letters, death threats, and marriage proposals can be emailed to asiancinemala[nospam]@yahoo.com. Or you can check out my personal profile .

My Interests

Asian cinema

Music:

Kenji Kawai, Shigeru Umebayashi, Yeong-wook Jo, Joe Hisaishi, Byeong-woo Lee, Hideaki Sakurai, Murai Kunehiko, Jun-seok Bang, Takefumi Haketa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Tan Dun, Park Ji, Frankie Chan, Byeong-hun Lee, James Shimoji, Kaburagi Hajime, Sung-woo Cho, Joseph Koo, Man-sik Choi, Gakuji Matsuda, Meiko Kaji, Dalparan, Masaru Sato, Dip, Shinichiro Ikebe, Dong-jun Lee, Toshiaki Tsushima, Peter Kam, Hitomi Shimizu, Hualongpong Riddim, Taro Iwashiro, Sang-jun Hwang, Shiro Sagisu, Kwong Wing Chan, Fumio Hayasaka, Young-gyu Jang, Masamichi Amano, Tomoki Hasegawa, Hyeon-cheol Kim, Michael Galasso, Hyung-suk Kim, Raymond Wong, Jun-seon Kim, Dong-jun Lee, Toru Takemitsu, Jae-jin Lee, Sang-ho Lee, Wai Lap Wu, and anyone else that's composed a soundtrack for an Asian film.

Movies:

Asian ones. Horror, action, drama, sci-fi, chambara, wuxia, anime, jidai geki, martial arts, etc. As long as it's from Asia, it's all good.

Television:

When they show Asian movies on TV.

Books:

Books about Asian cinema.

My Blog

Korean Film Festival of Los Angeles!

Just NOW found out about this.KOFFLA websiteTakes place November 15th through the 17th at the Regency Fairfax 3 in Los Angeles.13 films screening during that time. Most of them are older, but most of ...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:41:00 PST

Update!

Things at work and elsewhere have prevented me from updating the calendar for a while now, and that continues, but I wanted to give you guys a quick heads up about a couple of things.Going on now:" Th...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:01:00 PST

Updated Asian cinema calendar!

Too much good stuff happening too soon for me to not update this today. The Japanese Outlaw Masters, Exiled opening, UCLA doing a bunch of Chinese films... all kinds of stuff.Thursday, September 6th* ...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:48:00 PST

Japanese Outlaw Masters @ The Egyptian!

I'm going to try and do an updated calendar this weekend, but I don't know if I'll have time. So I want to make sure and give you guys a heads-up about this now.Next week, from Thursday Sept 6th to Su...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:20:00 PST

Updated Asian cinema calendar!

Once again, sorry for taking so long to get back around to this.Before I start, though, a word. I was told last weekend that the owner of the New Beverly in Los Angeles, Sherman Torgan, passed away an...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:17:00 PST

Updated Asian cinema calendar!

Now Playing*Satoshi Kon's insane anime masterpiece Paprika is currently showing at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena UNTIL THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. It will, ...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:27:00 PST

Election!

Hoping to do a calendar this weekend, but I wanted to make sure and give you guys a heads up about this.Starting this Friday, June 8th, the NuWilshire Theater in Santa Monica will be screening Johnnie...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:03:00 PST

Updated Asian cinema calendar!

Once again, sorry about falling behind on this. Happens sometimes. I hope all of you got a chance to check out some stuff at the VC film fest, because it was pretty awesome.Thursday, May 17th*The Kore...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Sun, 13 May 2007 01:46:00 PST

VC FilmFest 07 starts this week!

VC Film Fest 2007 starts this week.Life has gotten in the way, and kept me from doing a new calendar the last couple of weeks with details about what's showing at this year's festival, but I wanted to...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Wed, 02 May 2007 04:27:00 PST

Updated Asian cinema calendar!

The 1st Annual Subtitle Film Festival is this month!Now Playing*Bong Joon-Ho's epic box office sensation, The Host is playing and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! You can still catch it at The Arclight in Hol...
Posted by Asian Cinema In Los Angeles on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:46:00 PST