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The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)
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- Dec 6, 2021
Sincerely,
Eugene Studio, founded by Eugene Kangawa, now in his early thirties, is having its first museum solo exhibition at MOT. It is a...
- 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...
- Oct 12, 2020
It’s about time…
“Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists” @Hara Museum | September 19, 2020 – January 11, 2021 Group exhibition with works by Tomoki Imai,...
- 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...
- Oct 6, 2020
Book review: Romance in Post-Socialist Chinese Television
Chinese media scholar Huike Wen’s new book, Romance in Post-Socialist Chinese Television, was published in July 2020 by Palgrave...
- Aug 5, 2020
Heteroglossia (On Yokohama Triennale)
Inviting the Indian artist trio Raqs Media Collective as its artistic director, the 2020 edition of Yokohama Triennale resonates with a...
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