Call for Papers – East Asian Journal of Popular Culture
In recent decades, there has been a huge rise in the interest in East Asian popular culture and the East Asian Jounal of Popular Culture engages directly with...
Poison Berry In My Brain (Japan, 2015)
Before I start talking about the movie – and its similarities to Pixar’s hit Inside Out (2015) – let me discuss the main actress, Yoko Maki....
Ghost Theater (Japan, 2015)
Director Hideo Nakata has long been anointed the title “Master of Horror” due to the wildly successful Ring (1998), which, along with its sequels/prequels started...
Dance in Wong Kar-wai’s Films
Moments of a film that linger with a spectator long after initial viewing are also the reasons why one returns to that film: to rediscover those moments,...