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Breaking into Hollywood is challenging enough for a woman, much more if you are Asian, colored, or minority female. But pioneering Asian women in Hollywood broke the ceiling and opened the doors for other Asian actresses to come in.

Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård returns to his Viking roots as Prince Amleth in the long-awaited drama, The Northman, where he takes on double duty as star and producer. Helmed by writer-director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), who co-wrote the script with longtime Bjork collaborator and Golden Globe nominee Sjon, this project is about the legend of Viking prince Amleth (the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet), who sets out to avenge his father’s murder.

“As the Manila bureau chief for the Agence France-Presse [AFP], I was going to do a story on eco-tourism in Palawan. I thought it would be a fun story about this beautiful place.

A 75th birthday should be enough reason for a big celebration, but after being forced into a very much reduced and belated edition in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic, Cannes will this year pull out all the stops, starting on opening night. Michel Hazanavicius’ newest film Final Cut, starring his The Artist discovery Bérénice Bejo, will open the festival on May 17.

Alfred Hitchcock made two attempts at directing before his first wide release, The Pleasure Garden, was made in 1925. 1922’s Number 13 stopped in mid-production because of budget problems after he had shot only two scenes, and that footage is lost.

Continuing its ongoing transformation process, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (“HFPA”) announced the beginning of a formal review to determine potential outside strategic interest in its organization and assets. Potential proposals are to be reviewed by a Special Committee composed entirely of independent members of the Board of Directors, with the assistance of financial and legal advisors.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the new number 1 of France’s box office.  Doctor Strange goes on a journey into the unknown, with the help of mystical allies old and new, and traverses the mind-bending and dangerous realities of the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary.

In May 2022, in association with many other Asian-American organizations, the Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) will be celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month (AAPIHM) by hosting a special screening of multi-award-winning comedy/drama The Farewell, which will take place at the TCL Chinese Theater, Hollywood Boulevard on May 19. The film, written and directed by AWFF Advisory Board member Lulu Wang, stars Awkwafina (who received the AWFF's 2018 Rising Star Award), and AWFF Honorary Board member Tzi Ma.

From the upcoming comedy Easter Sunday to various TV series including Pachinko, Fargo, Grey’s Anatomy, and Billions, these productions share something in common – some of their creatives are alumni of the New Writers Fellowship of CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) of which the HFPA is one of the major supporters. “Together we have launched so many careers and I hope you all are as proud as I am,” said Michelle Sugihara, CAPE’s executive director.

Nineteen years, that’s how long it took to do a remake of the Belgian movie De Zaak Alzheimer. In Memory, directed by Martin Campbell, we get to see Liam Neeson as an assassin-for-hire who becomes the target himself after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.