Movies: Lynn Chen

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations....

A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants....

Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "Operation Brown Sugar". But because Jay doesn't fit the "brot...

San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) is barely scraping by playing live gigs and teaching guitar. So when a filmmaker friend asks him to teach guitar lessons to TV star Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) for his upcoming movie role, Goh jum...

After the tragic death of their daughter, Julie and Dennis decide to donate her organs. They opt out of initiating any contact with the recipients but remain open to meeting if someone reaches out–and someone does. Vera contacts Julie and Dennis to t...

A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to a dinner to catch-up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris' transition....

Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodrat with no street cred, a poet not-so-well-vers...

A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology....

After a harsh breakup, indie musician Goh Nakamura hits the road to pursue a promising rebound....

A documentary that explores the increasing visibility of Asian Americans in pop culture since the advent of new media forms such as YouTube....

When Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob, another Chinese kid from school, Rob’s dad gets suspicious about Gabriel's feminine behavior and decides to intervene....

Rice on White is a crass yet heartfelt romantic comedy with an un-PC take on how Asian-American men are perceived in today's dating scene. In the film, a group of disillusioned Asian guys try to master the art of seduction with results that are often...

Blending surrealism with relatable social and sexual anxieties, a woman and her talking vulva get ready for a date....

When Lindsay Porter, responsible mother and head of the local neighborhood watch program, falls for Stephen, the handsome new bachelor on the block, she begins to fear she and her daughter's lives may be in grave danger....

A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall....

When party girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business....

Lester is trying be the next Louis CK… except everyone wants him to be Chris Rock. Tony is trying to be the next Tom Hanks… except everyone wants him to be the Chinese delivery boy. Amber thinks she should be the next Jennifer Lawrence… but isn’t....

A paint by the numbers stand-up comic has four jokes to make his captor laugh or die trying....

The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her...

40-year-old Jimmy is growing up, or at least he's getting older. While mooching the upper bunk of his ten-year-old nephew's bed, he enjoys the never-ending generosity of his sister Aiko, and dodges the wrath of his impatient brother-in-law Tak. He th...