H.P. Mendoza. For being such a Bay Area force and being a beacon of creativity, inspiration and expression. His last film attests to his versatility and his deft…[more]
2023 was good to The Secret Art of Human Flight. Check out the winning laurels we…[more]
ATTACK, DECAY, RELEASE in Brooklyn. ACV always feels like a homecoming. Just look at that crowd. Just listen to that crowd. Love, love, love. We’re on a train leaving NY now but everybody…[more]
Yesterday, we got to screen The Secret Art of Human Flight as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and they programmed us at The Castro Theatre, whaaaat?!? [more]
Whaaaat. The festival circuit’s just begun and Paul Raci’s received a Lifetime Achievement award AND has been nominated for a Solzy, and I won Best Director at OIFF23! I feel like every time I decide to shoot award ceremonies, I end up winning an award like I do HERE and HERE. Thank goodness for Maria Pankova (who had won TWO awards at Ouray) for grabbing the camera out of my hands so I could receive my award, as you can see here…[more]
What a trip! After four times trying to get into Tribeca, I finally get in with #5: The Secret Art of Human Flight. I got featured in Tribeca’s spotlight on Instagram for one of their photo essays, below.
And you can check out more of our Tribeca action at these Instagram sets: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hptribeca/
But, here’s the “Quick Word”…[more]
The Complete ATTACK, DECAY, RELEASE happened last night, all 75 minutes of it - unabridged and LIVE! Check out these videos from last night’s performance. (Also, how many of you know the words to “Animated TV Show”?!? I swear, that made me choke up on stage to hear…[more]
I finally get to announce that I directed a new movie! Our new film, THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT, is an Official Selection of the 2023 Tribeca Festival!
THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT is a magical realist comedy-drama about a…[more]
Over the past few weeks while we were finishing the sound mix for my new film, I posted some videos that I hashtagged #TheSecretArtOfHumanFlight, and now I’m playing all of them together on the same screen Attack, Decay, Release-style, hit play on the…[more]
I relate to songs about not knowing how to communicate unless it’s through music, like “The Little Drummer Boy”. The Magnetic Fields’ “I Don’t Know What to Say” or even “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” by Jim Croce.
I'm a talkative, verbose person. But in times like this…[more]
I'm so honored to be featured/interviewed in SAN FRANCISCO Magazine for the month of October which is the intersection of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth and #LGBTHistoryMonth. It…[more]
The Tallgrass Jury Statement says that ATTACK, DECAY, RELEASE is “a musical act of love transformed into a work of art into a new medium, this riveting DIY extravaganza is nothing if not…[more]
The uncut COLMA: THE MUSICAL (2006) is now available on The Criterion Channel as part of the Asian “American Filmmaking Collection” alongside luminary Asian-Am filmmakers from the same era, curated by eternal champions Brian Hu and Chi-hui Yang!
This is the festival cut which brings back scenes missing from the theatrical release, including a whole…[more]
Remember when one of the Kickstarter rewards for my last film, Bitter Melon, was that I’d write a song about you? Well, I’m finally done with all 18 and I’m performing them live on May 23rd as the Closing Night Party of CAAMFEST (formerly known as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (#APAHM).
It’s FREE, all you have to do is RSVP here…[more]
Between having to quarantine alone on Thanksgiving, Mark quarantining away from me on Christmas and USPS not delivering all of my Christmas cards to folks (see below the video), I’ve had a very 2020 holiday, and I’m glad to say goodbye to the whole damn year. But first…[more]
Remember parties?!? For those who would normally be hanging out with us at our place right about now, here's a fun…[more]
It’s July 8, National Video Game Day, and I’m allowing myself to nerd out today by posting this playlist of video game music and even giving you my little rendition of the Space Harrier theme song! Click in to access the…[more]
This month’s vlog post is from someone I worked closely with in 2018, a Black man with a message he wants to share during these tense times. Freddy T. - a poet and rapper I met in South Bend, IN wrote this song and we want to share it with you here. Scroll below the video to read his…[more]
