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The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)
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- Nov 26, 2021
An Era of Violence
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 22, 2021
Nice Weather
On Riverside Mukolitta, dir. Naoko Ogigami. Japan. 2021. The term “shokakko (小確幸)”, an abbreviation for “small, real happiness”, was...
- Sep 17, 2021
The Exile
Today’s Inner Mongolia (China), bordering Mongolia and Russia, is inhabited by Han, Mongols, Manchu, Evenki, Oroqen, Daur and many other...
- Aug 18, 2021
Sons of the War
In 2015, some notes and other research materials from Kyoto Imperial University from the 1940s were unearthed. They revealed that Japan...
- Jun 20, 2021
In search of light
Nippon Connection Shiver (2021, Toshiaki Toyoda) On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019, Kenji Iwaisawa) While many of the feature films display a dark...
- Feb 15, 2021
The Lone Wolf Conundrum
On Under the Open Sky & Interview with Dir. Miwa Nishikawa Under the Open Sky, whether intentionally or not, makes references to a wide...
- Nov 22, 2020
Emotional Implosion: The spreading agenda of mainland pop culture
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 Directed by Jia Zhang-ke. China. 2020. 111 mins. # FILMeX In the past few years, director Jia...
- Nov 20, 2020
The Love Boat
Love after Love Directed by Ann Hui. China. 2020. 140 mins. # TIFF Love after Love is a feast for the eyes rendering the extravagance of...
- Oct 11, 2020
The Image It Bears
Ainu Mosir Japan/USA/China, 2020, 84 minutes. Directed and written by Takeshi Fukunaga. The last few years have witnessed the springing...
- Jul 19, 2020
Why is not the right question
In this compact study, author Andrew Osmond conducts a detailed textual analysis of one of Miyazaki’s most remarkable animation works,...
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