Tsukamoto: Killing, Haze & Adventures of Electric Rod Boy (Japan, 2018/2005/1988)
Asian cult cinema distributor Third Window Films has put together a limited-edition Blu-ray comprised of three films by legendary cult director Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing,...
Interview with The Modern Lovers Director Atsuro Shimoyashiro [OAFF 2020]
Atsuro Shimoyashiro was at this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival with The Modern Lovers, a sexually explicit story about two former lovers reuniting, raking over...
The Modern Lovers (Japan, 2019) [OAFF 2020]
The dreams we forgo and the promises we break can define our lives as we grow older, a realization that the protagonist of Atsuro Shimoyashiro’s...
Interview with Reiko and the Dolphin Director Shinji Imaoka [OAFF 2020]
At the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020 were two veteran pink film directors: Hideo Jojo and Shinji Imaoka. Both had brought dramas far away from...
The Wild Goose Lake (China, 2019)
Hiding in the shadows of a bus shelter, career criminal Zhou (Hu Ge) meets the mysterious Liu Aiai (Gwei Lun-mei). He was expecting his wife....
The Red Phallus (Bhutan, 2018)
At times frustratingly caught between art-house mood piece and ethnographic record, Tashi Gyeltshen’s first feature The Red Phallus nonetheless affords a glimpse of how life...
Interview with VIDEOPHOBIA Director Daisuke Miyazaki [OAFF 2020]
One of the highlights of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020 was VIDEOPHOBIA, the latest work of Daisuke Miyazaki. A frequent visitor to Osaka, many...
Call for Papers – Streaming and Screen Culture in Asia-Pacific
To the surprise of analyst expectations, at the end of 2019 Netflix recorded a record-high growth in subscribers and revenue outside of the United States,...
Reiko and the Dolphin (Japan, 2019) [OAFF 2020]
Pink film director Shinji Imaoka delivers a downbeat indie drama that has its roots in the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Written at the time of...
Kickstart This – Coming Back Sunny by Noriko Yuasa
Noriko Yuasa is currently raising funds for her latest independent short film Coming Back Sunny which focuses on a color-blind schoolgirl. Riria Kojima plays prematurely...