Hoai-Tran Bui
Location
New York City, NY
School
American University
Expertise
Movies, TV, Anime, Superheroes
- Hoai-Tran Bui has been a staff writer for SlashFilm for four years, writing thoughtful think pieces, tongue-in-cheek news posts, and insightful reviews of movies and TV shows.
- Hoai-Tran Bui has brought a distinct voice to SlashFilm, bringing in her love of sci-fi, star-crossed romances, and anime boys, sometimes all three at once.
- Hoai-Tran Bui has also written extensively about the Asian-American experience and representation in media, leading her to be featured or interviewed by various outlets, including NPR, Rotten Tomatoes, and MSNBC.
Experience
Hoai-Tran Bui is a News Editor at SlashFilm. She has worked as a staff writer and movie/TV critic at SlashFilm for four years, carving out a niche writing about sci-fi, superheroes, high fantasy, anime, and Asian-American representation in the media. She is a frequent guest on /Film Daily and The Filmcast, and co-hosts a Doctor Who/Star Trek podcast Trekking Through Time and Space. She has been interviewed by various outlets including NPR, Rotten Tomatoes, and MSNBC, and her work has appeared in The Washington Post and USA Today.
Education
Hoai-Tran Bui has a Masters in Journalism and Public Affairs from American University. She earned her Bachelor's degree at American University as well, majoring in Communication Studies and minoring in Film Studies.
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Stories By Hoai-Tran Bui
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His Dark Materials has reached the heights that it was reaching for throughout its first and second seasons — and it only took a little divine intervention.
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"I think it's a love story. It's a romance, and it's a fable."
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"It's a romance at the end of the day."
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One Piece Film: Red works as an eye-popping introduction to the weird and wild world of 'One Piece.'
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Everyone's talking about Chainsaw Man, the man with a chainsaw for a head!
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From Women Talking, to She Said, to Tár, films grappled with Me Too in increasingly complex ways.
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Farewell, Thirteen. Maybe you were just unlucky.
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Raymond and Ray wastes the potential silver screen magic you should have by casting Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor as brothers.
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The School for Good and Evil is a frothy and fun time, helmed by a director who knows and has respect for the material.
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The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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Return to Seoul captures the ineffable angst of not belonging, yet always yearning to belong.