1124 - Chan is Missing (1982)

Published: May 1, 2023, 11 a.m.

Joe and Steve hit the pavement of San Francisco\u2019s Chinatown and beyond, searching through a tapestry of Asian-American identities for a business partner who has run off with their money\u2026 or has he? \xa0Wayne Wang\u2019s stripped-bare noir is less of an homage and more of an exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in a society that demands assimilation and refuses to accept.

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If you\u2019 like to watch ahead for next week\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Michael Cimino\u2019s\xa0Heaven\u2019s Gate\xa0(1980).