![]() In 2019, I had the honour of being a Reel Asian judge and I still think about the badass Lucky Grandma, the heart-wrenching Yellow Rose and the darkly funny We Are Little Zombies (which has a title tune that I still find myself singing). So, while my April highlight was initially going to be Nadiya’s Time to Eat ( Netflix), a light-hearted cooking show hosted by Great British Bake Off winner and human ray of sunshine Nadiya Hussain, instead, consider this a reminder to watch Lee Isaac Chung’s Oscar-nominated ode to the American dream, Minari ( digital TIFF Bell Lightbox) and Lulu Wang’s tribute to the power of family, The Farewell ( Crave), and to explore the many wonderful titles amplified by Toronto’s Reel Asian International Film Festival. Anti-Asian racism, including the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese internment camps, are entrenched throughout Canada’s history-and racism against Asian Canadians has dramatically increased in the past year. Recently, horrifying racist attacks against people of East and Southeast Asian descent across North America have been making headlines, but as Friday Things founder Stacy Lee Kong noted, this is not a new issue. We are almost there-but that doesn’t mean this last stretch is going to be easy. It’s a sentence that applies to the warm days of summer, my 32nd birthday (I feel like these past two-ish years shouldn’t count though, because seriously WTF) and most importantly, the potential finale of this seemingly endless COVID-19 panini. Here’s what she’s recommending this month. ![]() Every month, Ishani Nath, pop culture expert, journalist and the most avid tv-watcher I have ever met, is sharing her top picks for new shows, movies and documentaries to stream on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada, plus the one older release she thinks you should check out. ![]()
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