It is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, and few characters are more iconic than Janet Kim from “Kim’s Convenience” (2016). In this widely-watched TV show, Andrea Bang spins Janet as a headstrong, single 20-some year old who brings her Korean Canadian family together. After the show’s sudden shut-down last year, Bang re-emerges in feature form with director Renuka Jeyapalan (also from “Kim’s Convenience”). “Stay the Night” marks the duo’s re-entry into the film world, and not without applause. The film premiered in SXSW and more recently screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
Here, Bang plays Grace, a stubbornly introverted corporate employee. Her roommate Joni (Humberly Gonzalez), however, is anything but. So when Joni kicks out Grace for (yet another) spontaneous hook-up, Grace finds herself looking for a retreat. She resorts to what any desperate urban, young woman would do in her shoes: find a one-night stand.
Here, Bang plays Grace, a stubbornly introverted corporate employee. Her roommate Joni (Humberly Gonzalez), however, is anything but. So when Joni kicks out Grace for (yet another) spontaneous hook-up, Grace finds herself looking for a retreat. She resorts to what any desperate urban, young woman would do in her shoes: find a one-night stand.
- 5/27/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Stay the Night SXSW Film Festival Narrative Spotlight Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Renuka Jeyapalan Writer: Renuka Jeyapalan Cast: Andrea Bang, Joe Scarpellino, Humberly González, Raymond Ablack Screened at: SXSW Film Festival Online, LA, 3/13/22 Opens: March 12th, 2022 All it takes is one chance encounter to change a person’s life. There […]
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- 3/14/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- ShockYa
She is a dissatisfied Hr advisor. He is a professional hockey player placed on waivers. She hasn’t got much luck when it comes to her relationships and learns her colleagues find her just a little standoffish. He finds himself having to make a decision that may very well shake up his world. In rehashing the stranger-connects-with-a-stranger premise that cinema has such a soft spot for, writer-director Renuka Jeyapalan develops a vision that balances a lack of a distinctive visual voice with committed character work.
Grace (Andrea Bang) and Carter (Joe Scarpellino) meet outside of a bar in Toronto. They share a cab, they walk, they talk, they confess their hopes and fears to one another. The film puts grounded exchanges at its forefront; this emphasis on intimate expression is a double-edged sword, though, because while it enhances the believability of the pair’s bond, it puts to the test their capacity to.
Grace (Andrea Bang) and Carter (Joe Scarpellino) meet outside of a bar in Toronto. They share a cab, they walk, they talk, they confess their hopes and fears to one another. The film puts grounded exchanges at its forefront; this emphasis on intimate expression is a double-edged sword, though, because while it enhances the believability of the pair’s bond, it puts to the test their capacity to.
- 3/13/2022
- by Antoni Konieczny
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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