Special Thanks
I'd like to give special thanks to the following sites for helping to promote Cinema Asia. Your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated!
Nancy McGalliard - Check out Nancy's outstanding artwork and cool Asian gifts. Many thanks to you for all your help Nancy!
Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes - A no brainer here. By far the best theater in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current - SA's best independent newspaper. Thanks for listing the club guys!
Film Links
Cinema Asia - The Cinema Asia myspace page. Does anyone use myspace anymore?
AsianDB - An all Asian version of the imdb, great for locating reviews and hard to find movies.
LoveHKFilm - This site is stacked with reviews and recommendations of recent and past Asian films.
Hong Kong Cinemagic - Everything you need to know about HK Cinema.
The Korean Film Page - For an excellent site devoted to the study of Korean cinema, one need not look further than The Korean Film Page. Simply the best.
KOFIC (Korean Film Council) - Dedicated to the promotion of Korean films worldwide, it also contains an excellent Korean film database.
Japanator - Anime news, community, videos & geeky J-stuff.
Nippon Cinema - Features reviews and news of Japanese films as well as a handy DVD finder.
Midnight Eye - Another excellent site dedicated to Japanese Cinema.
So Good... - A site specializing in Hong Kong film reviews.
Korean Cinema House - A small site dealing strictly with different Korean film genres. Several helpful reviews.
Beyond Hollywood - A great pop culture site with tons of reviews of Asian movies and dvds.
Twitch - A must for Asian film and festival news and reviews.
Upperstall.com - A site dedicated to classic Indian films and
documentaries.
Criticine - An online publication dedicated to pushing forth intelligent discourse on Southeast Asian cinema.
San Antonio Museum of Art - Check out their outstanding Asian art wing and occassional Asian film screenings.
Crow Collection of Asian Art - Located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, The Crow Collection is a permanent set of galleries dedicated to the arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
North Korea
These are links to several organizations that provide information about and assistance to North Korean people and refugees. If you are able to make a donation please consider one of these deserving organizations. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Liberty in North Korea - Dedicated to helping innocent people escape North Korea. Please donate.
Helping Hands Korea - Another excellent organization devoted to assisting defectors on risky journeys through China to third countries, from which they hopefully wind up in South Korea. Please donate.
Daily NK - Produces regular reports based on its contacts in the North and advocates for defectors. Probably the most prolific source of information on the lives of North Koreans.
Good Friends - A Seoul-based organization which provides aid and assistance to North Korean defectors and publishes “North Korea Today,” describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible.
One Free Korea - An outstanding blog which advocates for a free North Korea and provides an amazing wealth of resources on the topic.
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea - Seeks to raise awareness about conditions in North Korea and to publish research focusing world attention on human rights abuses in that country.
North Korea Freedom Coalition - A nonpartisan coalition founded in June, 2003 to work for the freedom, human rights, and dignity of the North Korea people.
PSalt-NK - A Christian non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the crisis in North Korea and mobilizing people to pray, give resources and take action on behalf of suffering.
The Chosun Journal - Reports North Korean human rights news and networks communities for human rights in North Korea.
Open Radio for North Korea - Broadcasts radio programs to the listeners in North Korea. Programs are not limited to any political, economic, social, cultural or religious sphere.
PSCORE - A non-profit, non-religious, non-partisan NGO based in Seoul & Washington, DC which strives for mutual understanding and harmony between the two Koreas and aims to provide a platform to discuss topics such as democratization, human rights and social issues.
Radio Free Chosun - Provides objective information to the North Korean people about South Korea and the international society based on facts and appeals for the North Korean people's understanding and requests.
Life Funds for North Korean Refugees - An NGO dedicated to the support and protection of North Korean Refugees and their certification.
Shopping
Yes Asia - The Amazon of Asian entertainment.
J-List - Cool stuff from Japan.
Seoul Selection - Cool stuff from Korea.
Torrent Sites
BitTorrent - One of the easiest (and free) bittorrent clients to use. If you're a beginner, BitTorrent will have you up and running in a few minutes.
BSplayer - I've found this to be the best media player for torrent files, especially ones that use subtitles. This player is free, small and simple.
BitTorrents 101 - What exactly is a bittorrent? Here's a guide.
D Addicts - HQ for Asian drama fanatics.
The Pirate Bay - Asian film central. Always a great selection of hard to find, overlooked classics as well as hits that didn't get US distribution. Just enter the search term "ASIANTORRENTS."
Isohunt - Another site to find Asian films and also music and music videos. Isohunt is good if you know exactly what you're looking for.
Mininova - A decent collection of Asian films and a whole bunch of anime.
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