There’s something wondrous about being in a car wash. For a few stolen moments, real life dissolves into a cool, dark shadow world where splashes and bubbles rain down just inches away from your face ...

Justin Chon knows that the title of his new film, “Gook,” doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. The word’s loaded history as an ugly slur is painfully well known to Koreans, particularly those living in ...

A new children’s party service — which opened this week on the edge of Independence Boulevard and looks to capitalize on the national slime craze — is notable for a couple of very different reasons.

Almost certainly the most confrontational film about the Asian-American experience since “Better Luck Tomorrow,” Justin Chon’s “Gook” is about as subtle as a trash can smashing through a pizzeria ...

2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots, and those burning days don’t feel nearly so long ago in “Gook,” an uneven but compellingly immediate take on that moment in history from a ...

LOS ANGELES — Against the backdrop of a burning building, a small silhouetted figure is dancing. The young girl's movements are chaotic and her gestures, grand. The music is slow. It's an unexpected ...

Actor Song Il Gook celebrated his triplet sons’—Dae Han, Min Gook, and Man Se—1000 days since entering into the world through a message commemorating their 1000th day. On December 10, Song Il Gook ...