Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch podcast

The Asian A.V. Club returns a new episode of our What to Watch podcast for the month of May and we bring on journalist Nadia Neophytou who's covered entertainment for years and now has created the New Mom Run Club substack as a community space for those who are seeking connection in culture and group activities in their role as a 'new mom'. Of course we get right into some of the films and tv show...

The Asian A.V. Club returns with a new format of our What to Watch podcast and invite our fave guest co-host Patrick Heidmann on to talk about all the TV and movies that are on our radar at the moment! In this April 2026 episode we break down the pod into various categories. Tried and Tested: We talk about cult hit series Paradise Season 2 (Hulu / Disney+) and the Rachel Weiss black comedy Vladimi...

Welcome to the Asian A.V. Club interview podcast HANG! As you all know, we LOVE to HANG with our directors, and this time we’re sitting down with a fresh new voice making her debut with a film that’s bold in its premise and keeps you guessing all the way through. Australian-born director Amy Wang brings us her first feature Slanted , a film that begins in a grounded space before gradually shifting...

On the eve of the Academy Awards, Asian A.V. Club got to HANG with documentary director Geeta Gandbhir as she not only celebrates her two Oscar nominations for her short The Devil Is Busy (which she is co-director with Christalyn Hampton), but also the feature The Perfect Neighbor. With a background in narrative filmmaking, Geeta's documentaries are at once compelling, immediate and filled with hu...

Welcome back to the Asian A.V. Club podcast series HANG! On this episode we get to know the director of the animation film In Your Dreams , Alex Woo. Almost ten years in the making, director Woo’s debut feature is inspired by his memories of a brief period during childhood when his parents separated. That personal history became the foundation for the story of a young girl named Stevie who, alongs...

Welcome back to the Asian A.V. Club podcast series HANG! On this episode, we talk to director, writer and producer Hikari about her latest seasonal gem feature Rental Family . Total NERD disclosure, I’ve been a fan of director Hikari after I saw her name appear in a few episodes of the Emmy winning Netflix series Beef and was even more intrigued when I realized it was the creative moniker of Osaka...

It's another episode of the Asian A.V. Club podcast series HANG! For this episode, I have to start off by saying I TOTALLY nerded out with documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Lo because her latest film Mistress Dispeller is presented in such a way that I had a long list of questions, mainly about how the heck did she make this excellent film. The premise of Mistress Dispeller is a look at these servic...

Welcome to the Asian A.V. Club podcast series HANG! This week we talk to actor Liam Oh who's making his debut on the hit Netflix series Boots. Based on Greg Cope White's memoir The Pink Marine , Boots tells the story of Cameron, played wonderfully by Miles Heizer , as a young closeted gay male who follows his straight best friend Ray (aka Liam) as they enlist in a Marine Boot Camp as a means to es...

We have a brand new Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch pod and we bring on fellow substacker and Gen X specialist Fawnia Soo Hoo of Whatever Nevermind, to jump on and give her thoughts on some film and tv titles that's out at the moment! After spending two eps on the fall film festivals and ALL the big movies that came from them, we are back to our usual format of looking at stuff that we think should...

It's a new episode of the Asian A.V. Club What to Watch podcast as we continue to take a look at some of the buzzy titles that came out of the big fall film festivals the past few weeks. After kicking off our last episode from Venice, we now take a look at Telluride and Toronto film festivals and choose a few movies that we think should definitely be on your radar this season! Once again the amazi...

Welcome to the Asian A.V. Club podcast series HANG! This week we talk to director Justin Tipping. Born in Oakland, California, Tipping first made an impression in the filmmaking community with his acclaimed 2016 coming of age film Kicks , which looked at toxic masculinity seen through the eyes of a 15 year old boy. Soon afterwards, Justin brought his observational skills and keen directorial style...

Welcome to the Asian A.V. Club interview podcast series HANG ! This week, we sit down with Chinese American director and cinematographer Bing Liu . Born in Beijing and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Liu turned to skateboarding and video-making as an escape from a turbulent home life. That early passion grew into a career behind the camera, eventually leading him to craft his acclaimed documentary M...

It's another episode of the Asian A.V. Club What to Watch podcast as we are trying something different by taking a look into the fall film festivals. If you didn't already know, the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals basically set up the kickoff point for a slew of buzzy films that are vying for a spot in the Award season conversation. By the end of these two weeks, certain titles that a...

Welcome back to the Asian A.V. Club interview podcast HANG . This week we’re with first-time director Alex Russell , whose debut feature Lurker premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and was quickly picked up by the boutique indie studio Mubi. Starring Theodore Pellerin as Matty, a seemingly impressionable store clerk drawn into the world of pop star Oliver, played by Archie Madekwe . Not...

It's another new episode of the Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch pod and this time we drag in one of our favorite journalists Didier Allouch, who has been the LA correspondent for the Canal+ network for a hot second and our fave buddy to talk all things horror genre with. Lucky for him we have a few titles that fall under this category in this seriously packed episode! We kick off our movie section...

Welcome to the Asian A.V. Club podcast series: HANG! Today we’re sitting down with one of the most exciting voices in genre filmmaking, Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto. If you’ve caught his films like Headshot or The Night Comes for Us , you know he’s got a gift for turning pure chaos into beautifully choreographed mayhem. And just when you think you’ve got him pegged as an action guy, he flips...

We’re expanding the Asian A.V. Club podcast universe by sharing some of our favorite conversations with creatives working both behind and in front of the camera. This one’s a real gem as we got the wonderful director/writer Celine Song to HANG with us for a bit! We became superfans when Song released her loosely autobiographical love story (in fate and spirit) Past Lives back in 2023. The film wen...

Our brand new episode of the Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch pod is here and in this episode, we've invited the brilliant Katie Spencer who you might know as the main entertainment correspondent on SKY NEWS, but for our listeners, she is just a friend of the pod! As usual, we've curated a wide berth of current movies and tv shows to have on your radar, and Katie has very kindly joined us for the ri...

The Asian A.V. Club What to Watch podcast returns with a REALLY packed episode of movies and tv shows that we think you should be watching right now or have on your radar. In this episode we've invited Germany based journalist / critic (and just all around specialist of all things movie and TV) Patrick Heidmann to the show. I've known Patrick for awhile now as he's been doing the international fes...

In our inaugural episode, Stevie Wong invites the amazing Kate Rodger of The Projector substack to break down all the films and tv shows that you should be watching right now. We kick off with my breakdown of fave films I saw at this years 2025 Cannes Film Festival including Sirat, Sentimental Value, Pillion, Romeria and Resurrection. Then we take a look at current film releases like Tom Cruise's...