picture: 'Udine Far East Film Festival 2013'
Category
Feature
Published
20 May 2013

Udine Far East Film Festival 2013

Roger Macy comments on the Japanese selection at Europe's main venue for Asian mainstream film.

picture: 'The Intermission'
Category
Film Review
Published
20 May 2013

The Intermission

Year
2013

A rich and remarkable movie that pays tribute to the act of film-viewing, film-going, and much more besides.

picture: 'Petrel Hotel Blue'
Category
Film Review
Published
20 May 2013

Petrel Hotel Blue

Year
2012

One of Koji Wakamatsu's last films before his untimely passing.

picture: 'Slow Life'
Category
Film Review
Published
20 May 2013

Slow Life

Year
2013

Urbanites trade the city for the countryside and restart their lives in post-Fukushima Japan - as filmed by a French director.

picture: 'A Wife Confesses'
Category
Film Review
Published
20 May 2013

A Wife Confesses

Year
1961

One of Yasuzo Masumura's more passionate and stylized early films, naturally starring Ayako Wakao.

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picture: 'Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike'
Category
Feature
Published
24 April 2013

Re-Agitator: A Decade of Writing on Takashi Miike

Introducing the new book by Tom Mes, the companion piece to his influential and acclaimed tome, Agitator.

picture: 'Return to Yubari'
Category
Feature
Published
24 April 2013

Return to Yubari

The snowy town and its fantastic film festival retain their magic, as well as a fascinating line-up of films that includes some real discoveries.

Category
Book Review
Published
3 September 2012
picture: 'Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture'

Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture

Steven T. Brown's inspiring and long-overdue exploration of a genre that remains relevant.

Category
Book Review
Published
13 May 2011
picture: 'Japanese Counterculture: The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji'

Japanese Counterculture: The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji

Examining Steven C. Ridgely's new study of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures in Japanese film and art.

Category
Book Review
Published
14 March 2011
picture: 'A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan'

A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan

Aaron Gerow clarifies the many mysteries and misconceptions surrounding Teinosuke Kinugasa's silent classic.

Category
Book Review
Published
10 August 2010
picture: 'Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom'

Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom

Daisuke Miyao's fascinating study explores the life and career of the world's first Japanese movie star.

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