Aberya (Philippines, 2012)
Are our future’s already written or do we have some control over fate? This universal mystery is the basic question that Christian Linaban tries to...
Boomerang Family (South Korea, 2013)
Based on a 2010 novel by Cheon Myung Gwan, the comedy-drama Boomerang Family considers familial dysfunction in South Korea through the problems of three adult...
The Complex (Japan, 2013)
Due to the incredible success of Ring (1998), which launched the J-Horror boom, provided the source material for a blockbuster US remake, and started a...
Sukeban Deka: The Movie (Japan, 1987)
When considering Japanese film, the 1980s often get overlooked. Kurosawa did Ran (1985), and there’s Imamura Shohei’s Black Rain (1989), but what else is there...
Sukeban Deka The Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters (Japan, 1988)
I’ve recently discovered that I love the Japanese 1980s, and for completely different reasons than I love my own 1980s, which is based largely on...
Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan (2012)
Much is made by the casual anime viewer of the ‘big eyes’ of some anime characters. The sociological shorthand for this has been to claim...