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Elissa Suh

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  • Content Managing Editor, Orchard
  • Writer, Freelance
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Greta Lee Has Been Waiting For A Film Like 'Past Lives'

Greta Lee Has Been Waiting For A Film Like 'Past Lives'

'Past Lives' star Greta Lee talks to NYLON about working with Celine Song, her love for Asian cinema, and mor…

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Meet America's Only Producer of Korean Makgeolli

Meet America's Only Producer of Korean Makgeolli

Alice Jun is the co-founder of Brooklyn's Hana Makgeolli, the only American producer of the popular Korean dr…

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Literary Highlights from the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

Literary Highlights from the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival always presents a diverse array of adaptations and bookish offerings,…

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LA's Viral Sensation Serving Shawarma Crunch Wraps and Cheetos Quesadillas Arrives in NYC

LA's Viral Sensation Serving Shawarma Crunch Wraps and Cheetos Quesadillas Arrives in NYC

Fatima's Grill is heating up dining options in Ditmas Park with Cheetos quesadillas and shawarma crunch wraps

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Awkwafina Had Zero Culinary Skills, But Her New Show Changed That Original

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By Elissa Suh
| Bon Appetit Verified
In her pristine Los Angeles kitchen, Nora Lum—the actor, comedian, and rapper better known as Awkwafina—is standing over a stove with two burners and losing the fight with both. Ramen boils on one; Spam violently sizzles over the other. Surveying the spectacle over FaceTime, her nonagenarian grandmother Powah cackles and tells her (lovingly) that it looks like shit. This scene opens Lum’s new show, Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook. “Food is so important to being Asian,” she announces to the camera.
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Virginie Efira on the Quiet Splendors of Festival-Season Favorite All of a Sudden

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By Elissa Suh
| Vogue Verified
In All of a Sudden, the latest film from Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car), Virginie Efira stars as Marie-Lou, the director of an eldercare home that practices Humanitude, an unconventional philosophy of care centered on empathy and attentiveness to residents—sometimes at the expense of efficiency. The story is set in motion when Marie-Lou meets Mari, a Japanese theater director played by Tao Okamoto, and a tentative friendship forms.
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FALL MOVIE GUIDE / NYFF cheat sheet

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By Elissa Suh
| Moviepudding
What to wait for and what to skip. I missed the New York premiere of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes doc because I was on assignment in Detroit. Luckily, it comes out in just two weeks, I’m certain the buzz will stay intact. That's the thing about NYFF: compared to Toronto, where I previously was (a real mishap; full report for a new outlet reaaaal soon) it's a tighter festival that is unconcerned with launches and red carpets and focused on surveying the year in cinema.
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