Movie poster for Paper Marriage, Jeff Man’s debut feature produced by the Duplass Brothers!

| Elizabeth Yoo

I was commissioned to illustrate the official poster for Paper Marriage, directed by Jeff Man and executive produced by Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass and Mel Eslyn. Duplass Brothers Productions and Giant Pictures just released Man’s debut feature on streaming platforms.

Mark Duplass: “[Jay and I have] been mentoring and working with Jeff for almost 15 years. Rent his feature film debut that we produced starting September 16. It’s deeply heartfelt, funny, and sad.”

With Paper Marriage writer/director/star Jeff Man

Last month, Paper Marriage screened at the historic Lyric Theatre as an official selection at Sidewalk, one of my favorite film festivals!

Sidewalk Film Festival

Opening Night at the Alabama Theatre

This year marked my fourth consecutive Sidewalk Film Festival, and it was a memorable one. Non Films founder Brian Ratigan introduced Endless Cookie at the gorgeous Lyric, a 1914 vaudeville-era theatre once graced by headliners such as Buster Keaton and Mae West. We also hosted a packed DarkRoom screening of Foul Evil Deeds, and distributed our handmade zines featuring an exclusive interview with director Richard Hunter.

Brian on stage at the Lyric

Sleep In Cinema

On September 6, Brian and I were guests on Sleep In Cinema’s show on Substrate Radio. We talked with hosts Gareth Jones and Craig Ceravolo about our favorite moments from the festival and shared our history with Sidewalk in their first post-Sidewalk Film breakdown show.

Substrate Radio — Birmingham’s leading radio station — broadcasts from Saturn, my favorite spot in the city. The venue and bar/cafe takes its inspiration from jazz legend Sun Ra, a Birmingham native.

Just like last year, we landed back in NYC from Birmingham and jumped right into hosting a DarkRoom screening in Brooklyn the very next day!

Free zines featuring my cover illustration celebrating the 60th anniversary of the release of Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

My art is featured on LinkNYC: Non Films’ DarkRoom indie screening series makes its Bronx debut at the andrew freedman home on march 22!

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Non Films founder Brian Ratigan and I are bringing our DarkRoom Screening & Salon to the historic Andrew Freedman Home (seen in my illustration), as part of the Bronx Frame Screening Series, for ONE night:

SATURDAY, March 22
Doors 6PM | Films 7PM
Andrew Freedman Home
1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx

RSVP here for an evening of spectacular shorts and FREE beer courtesy of Voodoo Ranger!

Short films by: Em Solarova, Christopher Séda Pabon, Tyler Rubenfeld, Emily Everhard, Greg Condon, Ray Smiling, Jeremiah M. Carter, and Philip Thompson.

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ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!

A few days after the Bronx screening, DarkRoom returns to Freddy’s Bar in Brooklyn, where it all started!

TUESDAY, March 25

Doors 8PM | Films 9PM
Freddy’s Bar & Backroom
627 5th Ave & 17th St, Brooklyn

Join us for a NEW and completely different lineup of short films and pick up a free zine featuring my art! This is also 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 to attend and donations are encouraged for the filmmakers.

Screenings are often packed so we encourage early arrival — that way, you can claim a seat and don’t have to sit on the floor!

More screenings TBA!

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Support Non Films and DarkRoom by wearing our merch!

Merch designed by me will be for sale at all screenings — take a look at our shirts, hats, totes, and more. We work really hard to put on multiple free screenings a month so any merch purchase is greatly appreciated. With your help, we can keep this series going!

This beautiful tote features the Non Films logo on one side and the DarkRoom screening series logo on the other side.

Anna May Wong exhibit at Chelsea Market extended through June 21!

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Read my interview with Anna May Wong biographer/curator Katie Gee Salisbury and learn about Pearl River Mart’s annual Sunset Gala — and see my new watercolor illustration!

Great news! You have more time to see my art in the group exhibit NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: Art Inspired by Anna May Wong! It’s been extended through June 21. It’s open to the public every day between 8 AM and 9 PM and is located inside Chelsea Market (look for the corridor across from Amy’s Bread).

I recently talked about my art practice and why I make art that pays homage to Anna May in curator Katie Gee Salisbury’s newsletter Half-Caste Woman. You can read more about me and the other artists on her Substack. If you’d like to learn more about the first Asian American Hollywood star, check out Katie’s new biography Not Your China Doll: the Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong, published by Dutton.

Along with Katie and the other featured artists, I also recently attended Pearl River Mart’s annual Sunset Celebration, held at West Edge inside Chelsea Market. I wrote about my experience for The Locavore Guide. You can read my feature to find out what I ate and learn more about the small businesses present at the gala — from Chinatown’s iconic Nom Wah Tea Parlor to newer businesses born during the pandemic like Bánh by Lauren.

My watercolor illustration of Pearl River Mart’s Sunset Gala

Sampling delicious food from over 20 AAPI businesses while celebrating community and art was truly one of my May highlights; it was inspiring to meet so many artists, activists, and entrepreneurs. Seeing the sunset over the High Line and listening to Joe Hisaishi’s Studio Ghibli film scores made the evening even more magical.

Golden Polaroid of Pearl River Mart president Joanne Kwong, artists Tiffany Liang, Mina Chacko, writer Katie Gee Salisbury, and me.

How did the first Chinese American department store in the world grow into a New York City institution? Read my interview with Pearl River Mart president Joanne Kwong here.

Photo by Cindy Trinh for Pearl River Mart

NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: ART INSPIRED BY ANNA MAY WONG

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See my art featuring the first Asian American Hollywood star in a new exhibit at Chelsea Market until May 31st, 2024!

I am so honored to be a featured artist in the current exhibit NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: Art Inspired by Anna May Wong curated by Katie Gee Salisbury, author of the new biography, Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong. Two of my ink and charcoal artworks will be displayed alongside the work of five other talented artists during the entire month of May in celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month. Presented by Pearl River Mart, Chelsea Market, and the Meatpacking District.

In the main concourse at Chelsea Market, view the many interpretations of the first Asian American Hollywood star (the exhibit is located in the corridor gallery across from Amy’s Bread — see slide 4 in my Instagram post for the map). Please take lots of photos and tag me on Instagram if you go — and eat a meal at any of the numerous surrounding restaurants!

“NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: Art Inspired by Anna May Wong” on view May 1 to May 31 • Chelsea Market: the corridor gallery across from Amy’s Bread (75 9th Ave, New York, NY)

Sunset Celebration: on May 17, from 6-8:30pm, there will be a soirée with live jazz in the third floor space West Edge in Chelsea Market overlooking the High Line. Ticket includes an open bar and bites from Nom Wah, Jing Fong, Lady Wong Pastry & Cakes, Mokbar, Kimbap Lab, Ming River, Sanzo, Forsyth Fire Escape, Bánh by Lauren, Nguyen Coffee Supply, and over 20 Asian businesses. Buy tickets on Eventbrite or on Pearl River’s site. Come view the art with me and let’s make a toast to Anna May!

Oscar winning DRIVE MY CAR director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s film WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY now on digital/VOD/blu-ray/DVD featuring my art

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Congratulations to Ryūsuke Hamaguchi on winning his first Oscar for Best International Feature Film! If you watched DRIVE MY CAR, you must check out his other 2021 film WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY, which will start streaming on the Criterion Channel in April. Manohla Dargis wrote in the The New York Times that WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY deserved 5 Oscar nominations.

When both films premiered at the New York Film Festival in October, I had a chance encounter with him after the WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY screening. Grateful that I was able to tell him what an honor it was to illustrate the official poster for his film!
Hamaguchi’s other masterpiece is now available on digital/VOD/blu-ray/DVD courtesy of Film Movement. One of the best 2021 films according to The New York Times, IndieWire, Slant, The Ringer, Reverse Shot, Film Comment, Letterboxd, The Film Stage, and many more.
You can now purchase it via Film Forum too!

Hamaguchi sits in front of my art during an interview for Film Movement’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY blu-ray/DVD.

DRIVE MY CAR made history by being the first Japanese film nominated for Best Picture by The Academy. It had four nominations total (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture), tying Akira Kurosawa’s RAN as the most-nominated film ever from Japan. The film, based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, also won the Best Screenplay prize at the Festival de Cannes in 2021 and the Golden Globe for Best Non-English Language Film in 2022.
Simu Liu and Tiffany Haddish presented the award to Hamaguchi. It’s very apt that the actor who plays Shang-Chi, the first Asian superhero to lead a Marvel film, gave the award to Hamaguchi, whose film is only the second Japanese film to win Best International Feature Film.

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY named one of the best movie posters of 2021

| Elizabeth Yoo

I am so honored that the poster I illustrated for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY has been named one of the best movie posters of 2021 by Posteritati and Letterboxd, and one of the 20 best film posters of 2021 by Little White Lies! The Blu-ray will be released on January 11, 2022 by Film Movement and can be ordered here.

The film premiered in North American theaters on Oct. 15 at Film Forum.
It’s an amazing feeling to see my art plastered all over my favorite movie theater in New York!

My art in good company next to Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground posters in the Fellini Coffee Bar

My poster in the hallowed halls of Film Forum
The New York Times’ Critic’s Pick, winner of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival’s Silver Bear Jury Prize, winner of Chicago International Film Festival’s Silver Q-Hugo, a Main Slate selection at the 59th New York Film Festival, an official selection for Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Moscow Film Festival, Hong Kong Film Festival, a Gala Presentation selection at the 26th Busan International Film Festival, and Certified 98% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
On my way to lunch after watching Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 2, I had a chance encounter with the director himself! I felt like I had just entered his film (the Japanese title, 偶然と想像, is COINCIDENCE AND IMAGINATION.) He told me how much he loved the poster I illustrated for his film and I congratulated him on his two film premieres – WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY and DRIVE MY CAR. What a serendipitous meeting with the master!
Film Movement’s December DVD-of-the-Month. With a Film Club subscription, the recipient will receive a feature film each month on DVD before it’s available to the public, a Director’s Statement, and members-only discounts on all Film Movement Blu-ray and DVD titles!
Instagram photo by taniwaki.kenichi, taken at Bunkamura Le Cinema in Tokyo, Japan. If you see the poster I illustrated anywhere – in print, at a movie theater, etc. – please tag me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or feel free to send pictures. I’d love to see! 🍿

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY [Film Movement] Poster debuting at New York Film Festival

| Elizabeth Yoo

Poster I illustrated for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY, a triptych of Tokyo tales connected by the themes of fate, memory, and coincidence. It premieres in the U.S. at the New York Film Festival. The film won the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival’s Silver Bear jury prize and debuts in North American theaters on Oct. 15 at Film Forum courtesy of Film Movement.

Hamaguchi also co-wrote Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s period thriller Wife of a Spy, which won the best director award at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and his latest feature Drive My Car (also premiering in the U.S. at the NYFF) won the best screenplay prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Very excited about the next few weeks! Watch the U.S. trailer here.

Paul Morrissey’s BLOOD FOR DRACULA aka ANDY WARHOL’S DRACULA [SEVERIN FILMS]

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My art on the cover of Severin Films‘s new release! One of my favorite horror films, starring Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging, and Vittorio de Sica.

“Paul Morrissey’s BLOOD FOR DRACULA aka ANDY WARHOL’S DRACULA in glorious 4K. Our edition — the ONLY officially licensed edition about to hit the market — features a UHD with a brand new master of the film, scanned from the original uncensored negative and colored in HDR for the first time ever. It also comes with a Blu-Ray, loads of special features (earlier teaser pic is Stefania Casini back at the original location of her biting), and the extended soundtrack on CD!”

The Mid-Year Sale will start on Friday (6/25) at Midnight EST and end on the following Monday (6/28).