Pittsburgh premiere of Funan, July 5 through 11 at Row House Cinema.

Row House Cinema will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Funan, a French film about a Cambodian mother's search for her child kidnapped during the Khmer Rouge coup, from July 5 through 11. From the film's official site:

In 1975 in Phnom Penh, Chou leads an enchanted life until one morning when the Khmer Rouge madness plunges Cambodia into horror. The population is deported to camps and Chou’s confronted to the pain of powerlessness. When her 4-year-old son is snatched from her by a feeling crowd, her world falls apart but she never loses hope. Funan is the incredibly powerful story of a young mother’s fight to save her son and keep her family together in a barbaric time.

The film is in French with English subtitles. Tickets and showtime information is not yet available. The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street (map).

HCL Technologies hiring Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst for onsite position at Google in Larimer.

HCL Technologies is hiring a Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst for a position onsite at Google offices in Pittsburgh.

Bilingual Thai Product Classification Analyst is a full-time job through HCL America onsite at Google Pittsburgh. This position enhances users’ online shopping experience by performing in-depth research, determining product taxonomy expansion, and improving machine learning classification using highly technical internal tools and processes. It is part of a fast-paced environment, partnering closely with operations and engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Quickly learn and build expertise in new processes and technical applications.
• Deeply analyze data relationships to determine cause and effect of classification.
• Build product expertise on a large quantity of diverse products through thorough research and analysis of data from multiple channels.
• Review data to determine taxonomy expansion and target areas in the taxonomy which require additional training.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on project initiatives to enhance Google’s user experience.
• Manage time effectively and adapt to frequently changing processes and requirements.

Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf in Pittsburgh, May 22.

Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf will play in Pittsburgh on May 22. The band describes itself thus:

A lot of japanese Rock’n roll fan’s really look up to Guitar Wolf.
They are Rock’n roll heroes in existence.

They are special to us like no other.
They have been making a lot of legends and playing sound the impulse as always from 90s.

Their music is very extreme and very loud; just like Rock’n roll should be. Seiji’s lyrics have a sense of individual humor and evoked a sense of “Galaxy” & “The Showa”.

The show starts at 7:00 pm at Crafthouse Stage & Grill in the South Hills (map). Tickets are available online.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ): 35th Anniversary, May 20 and 21 in Pittsburgh.

The Hayao Miyazaki film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) will play in Pittsburgh on May 20 and 21 as part of the 2019 GKIDS Ghibli Fest. The distributor gives a summary:

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki, is an epic masterpiece of sweeping scope and grandeur that remains one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating animated films of all time.

A thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire destroyed civilization, warring human factions survive in a world devastated by atmospheric poisons and swarming with gigantic insects. The peaceful Valley of the Wind is nestled on the edge of the Toxic Forest and led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, whose love of all living things leads her into terrible danger, as she fights to restore balance between humans and nature.

The movie will play at the AMC Loews Waterfront theater and the Cinemarks in Monroeville, North Hills, and Robinson. The May 20 show will be dubbed in English and the May 21 show will be in Japanese with English subtitles; tickets are available online.

A Taste of Taiwan 2019, May 29 in Oakland.

The Pittsburgh chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans will present A Taste of Taiwan 2019 on May 29.

Watch award-winning master chefs Hitoshi Pan and assistant Cheng-Chang Wu as they showcase the ancient techniques of Taiwanese cooking.

This event is a fundraiser. The proceeds will help fund the annual OCA Free Medical & Dental Clinic and OCA Pittsburgh’s mission of advocacy, civic engagement, community outreach and cultural education programs. Founded in 1973, OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans.

Tickets are $37.50 and available online. The event runs from 5:00 to 8:30 pm at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland (map).

Jackie Chan Film Series opens at Row House Cinema on Friday, May 17: Drunken Master (醉拳), Magnificent Bodyguards (飛渡捲雲山), Police Story (警察故事), Police Story 2 (警察故事續集), and Rumble in the Bronx (紅番區).

Five movies spanning 17 years will comprise the Jackie Chan Film Series running at the Row House Cinema from May 17 through 23: Drunken Master (醉拳), Magnificent Bodyguards (飛渡捲雲山), Police Story (警察故事), Police Story 2 (警察故事續集), and Rumble in the Bronx (紅番區). The movies will play in either Mandarin or Cantonese and have English subtitles. Tickets and showtime information are available online.

The single-screen theater is located at 4115 Butler Street (map).

Free Chinese, Japanese, Korean classes in Pittsburgh in May.

via @koreanet.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will continue to offer free Chinese, Japanese, and Korean classes at some of its branches this May. Check out the class information below in addition to its language resources on the shelves and online.

As the library notes: these classes are free; registration is not required; no materials are needed and nothing needs to be bought; new participants are welcome at any time; classes are for adults (unless otherwise noted) but well-behaved young people are welcome to join as well.

Japanese doom metal band Church of Misery in Pittsburgh, June 13.

The Japanese doom metal band Church of Misery will play in Pittsburgh on June 13. Tickets for the show at Cattivo in Lawrenceville (map) are not yet available.

Used book sale (古本市) at Pittsburgh Japanese School, May 19.

The Pittsburgh Japanese School will be holding its annual used book sale fundraiser on May 19. It will run from 2:00 to 4:00 pm in the cafeteria of the school, held each Sunday at Shadyside Academy Middle School in Fox Chapel (map). Those interested in visiting should RSVP to hirok94 at gmail.com by May 17. Those with Japanese-language materials to donate can do so on May 12.

The Saga of Tanya the Evil (幼女戦記) movie in Pittsburgh, May 16.

The 2019 Japanese movie The Saga of Tanya the Evil (幼女戦記) will play in Pittsburgh on May 16. It will play in Japanese with English subtitles at the Southside Works Cinema and the Cinemark theaters in Monroeville, Pittsburgh Mills, and Robinson; tickets for the 7:30 pm shows are available online.