Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japan, 1972)
Somewhere around 1970-1971, the great director Kinji Fukasaku used his salary from Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) to purchase the rights to Shoji Yuki’s novel, Under...
Enter the Fat Dragon (Hong Kong, 2020)
In the vein of Love on a Diet (2001) and Running on Karma (2003), Donnie Yen’s latest vehicle Enter the Fat Dragon is yet another...
6 Must-See Films at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020
It’s almost March and that means the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) is about to launch for its 2020 edition. The festival plays from March...
Call for Papers – Special Issue of Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art on Bordering Hong Kong
The increasing importance of the problematic bordering in the questions posed to the social production of knowledge has given rise to what some scholars believe...
Preview – Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020, March 6-15
The full line-up has been announced for the 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF), which takes place from March 6-15, 2020. There are 64 selected...
Call for Papers – Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist/Fascist Agendas
Even as the air in Delhi grows increasingly toxic and poisonous, a fearful, dreaded specter is haunting the subcontinent today, just as toxic as the...
A Banana? At This Time of Night? (Japan, 2018) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2020]
A Banana? At This Time of Night? is adapted from the eponymous debut non-fiction book by acclaimed author Watanabe Kazufumi whose work primarily focuses on...
Tampopo (Japan, 1985) [NYAFF Winter Showcase 2020]
Juzo Itami’s Tampopois a Japanese comedy film about the art of making a perfect bowl of ramen, but it also contains subversive elements that make...
The First Supper (Japan, 2019) [NYAFF Winter Showcase 2020]
The first feature by writer/director Shiro Tokiwa, The First Supper tells the story of a family that has gathered for the funeral of their patriarch,...
Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan, 1994) [NYAFF Winter Showcase 2020]
Ang Lee’s exquisite 1994 film, Eat Drink Man Woman is the third entry into what’s retrospectively referred to as the “Father Knows Best” trilogy, preceded...