Retro Reels takes a look back at film over the decades — especially what it says about the world back then, and how things have changed since. Join Hanna for a critical look at old movies that recalls the historical events, filmmaking trends, and shifting perspectives that informed their creation.
In memory of her late friend Drew, Hanna introduces a special series on the movies of Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu, starting with the 1949 movie Lat ...more
Hanna talks about the character Charlie Chan, the actor Warner Oland, and fake Chinese accents, and shares her final thoughts about yellowface and whi ...more
Just for the excuse to talk at length about Anna May Wong, one of America's first film stars of Asian descent, Hanna deigns to watch Daughter of the D ...more
In a discussion on Josef von Sternberg's award-winning 1932 movie Shanghai Express, Hanna makes her case for watching these nearly 100-year-old movies ...more
Hanna begins a series analyzing the representation of Asian people in old Hollywood with a laughably offensive pre-Code movie, The Mask of Fu Manchu, ...more
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