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为什么，怎么办 | 《三个羯子》

口罩有哪些用法？遮口鼻、遮口露鼻、遮下巴、戴在颅顶、擦鼻血，遮驴鼻。这是电影《三个羯子》给出的答案。

Nov 14, 2024

看向外面 | 《Las buenas compañías （好同伴）》

年轻女性们秘密组织起来，动用各自的资源，形成自助互助的链条，寻找能够提供帮助的医生护士，为自主堕胎、流产后的女性提供看护和医药，在条件允许下将有堕胎需求的朋友送往堕胎合法的法国或英国，走上街头声援因堕胎或协助堕胎而面临指控的女性和医护人员。

Dec 1, 2023

Home "Sweet" Home | TIFF 2022

The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)

Dec 1, 2022

An Era of Violence | TIFF & Filmex 2021

The four films, One and Four and Limbo screened at TIFF, and Ahed’s Knee and The Revolution of Our Times screened at FILMeX this year...

Nov 26, 2021

Nice Weather | "Riverside Mukolitta"

On Riverside Mukolitta , dir. Naoko Ogigami. Japan. 2021. The term “shokakko (小確幸)”, an abbreviation for “small, real happiness”, was...

Nov 22, 2021

The Exile | "Anima"

Today’s Inner Mongolia (China), bordering Mongolia and Russia, is inhabited by Han, Mongols, Manchu, Evenki, Oroqen, Daur and many other...

Sep 17, 2021

Sons of the War | "Gift of Fire"

In 2015, some notes and other research materials from Kyoto Imperial University from the 1940s were unearthed. They revealed that Japan...

Aug 18, 2021

In search of light | Nippon Connection: "Shiver", "On-Gaku: Our Sound"

Nippon Connection Shiver (2021, Toshiaki Toyoda) On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019, Kenji Iwaisawa) While many of the feature films display a...

Jun 20, 2021

The Lone Wolf Conundrum | "Under the Open Sky"

On Under the Open Sky & Interview with Dir. Miwa Nishikawa Under the Open Sky , whether intentionally or not, makes references to a wide...

Feb 15, 2021

Emotional Implosion: The spreading agenda of mainland pop culture | "Love Song 1980"

Love Song 1980 Directed by Mei Feng. China. 2020. 2h7m. # TIFF Before becoming a director, Mei Feng was better known as an art film...

Nov 22, 2020

Swimming Towards Home | "Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue"

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Directed by Jia Zhang-ke. China. 2020. 111 mins. # FILMeX In the past few years, director Jia...