Interview: Shô Miyake on the lyrical ‘All the Long Nights’ Natalie NgAugust 17, 2024 We caught up with Shô Miyake, one of Japanese cinema's most promising young filmmakers on his lyrical new film, 'All the Long Nights'.... Features0 Comments
Interview: Tetsuya Chihara on the stylish ‘Ice Cream Fever’ Natalie NgJuly 17, 2024 We speak to designer turned filmmaker Tetsuya Chihara and his stylish debut film 'Ice Cream Fever', based on a short story by Mieko Kawakami.... Features0 Comments
Interview: Shunji Iwai reflects on ‘Kyrie’ and his career Natalie NgJuly 7, 2024 We caught up with Shunji Iwai, one of the premier names in Japanese independent filmmaking, to discuss his new music drama, 'Kyrie'.... Features0 Comments
Review: Mimang Natalie NgMay 3, 2024 Kim Tae Yang's gorgeous debut film, Mimang subverts our expectations of 'walk-and-talk' dramas yet carves its own brand of emotional honesty.... Reviews0 Comments
Interview: Zhang Mengqi on documentary ‘Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020’ Natalie NgApril 4, 2024 Documentary filmmaker Zhang Mengqi reflects on her film 'Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020', the eleventh film in her ongoing Self-Portrait series.... Features0 Comments
Interview: Director Ryota Nakano on capturing humor and tragedy of family life Natalie NgFebruary 21, 2024 We spoke to Japanese filmmaker Ryota Nakano on his filmography and capturing the complexities of family in cinema.... Features0 Comments
Memory, loss and transience: The films of Yui Kiyohara Natalie NgSeptember 5, 2023 Japanese filmmaker Yui Kiyohara dwells on the theme of memory with striking poignancy in her two films Our House and Remembering Every Night.... Features0 Comments
Interview: Director Yui Kiyohara on ‘Our House’ and ‘Remembering Every Night’ Natalie NgAugust 27, 2023 We caught up with one of Japan’s most exciting emerging directors, Yui Kiyohara, to dive deep into her filmography thus far.... Features0 Comments
Taiwan Film Festival in Australia: Arvin Chen on Mama Boy and Taiwanese cinema Natalie NgJuly 30, 2023 Taiwanese-American director Arvin Chen talks about writing complicated mother-son relationships in ‘Mama Boy’ ... Features0 Comments
Japan Cuts 2023 Review: Amiko Brooke HeinzJuly 30, 2023 Japanese filmmaker Yusuke Morii shows immense promise with their gorgeous debuting coming-of-age feature Amiko.... Reviews0 Comments
Japan Cuts 2023 Interview: Daigo Matsui on his modern pink film ‘Hand’ Natalie NgJuly 26, 2023 Director Daigo Matsui on centering female agency and sexuality in erotic cinema. ... Features0 Comments
Japan Cuts 2023 Interview: Daisuke Miyazaki on ‘Plastic’ Natalie NgJuly 25, 2023 We caught up with director Daisuke Miyazaki to talk about music and coming-of-age in his new film ‘Plastic’... Features0 Comments
Review: Two of Us & Long Term Coffee Break Claire LanglaisMarch 25, 2023 We look back on Two of Us and Long Term Coffee Break, two shorts from 'The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond' program.... Reviews0 Comments
Review: Old Town Girls Levin TanDecember 13, 2022 Promising first-time filmmaker Shen Yu ruminates on violence, poverty and ambition in the Chinese neo-noir, Old Town Girls.... Reviews0 Comments
Interview: Director Naoko Ogigami on ‘Riverside Mukolitta’ Natalie NgNovember 17, 2022 We caught up with director Naoko Ogigami to chat about her latest film "Riverside Mukolitta" starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Hikari Mitsushima.... Features0 Comments
‘In Front of Your Face’ & Hong Sang-Soo’s Conscious Cinematic Universe Hayley InchAugust 16, 2022 To live in Hong Sang-Soo's cinematic universe is to accept cinema as a collective consciousness; where each film speaks to one another.... Features0 Comments
