Aidan Djabarov, Author at Filmed in Ether

Interview: Director Hsieh Pei-ju on ‘Heavy Craving’ and challenging beauty standards

Aidan DjabarovFebruary 17, 2021

We chat with Taiwanese writer-director Hsieh Pei-ju to discuss her latest film Heavy Craving and learn how her comedy-drama came together....

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Best of Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2020

Aidan DjabarovDecember 10, 2020

From features like Mogul Mowgli to shorts like Handscape, we take a look at the very best from Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2020....

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NYAFF 2020 Review: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 2, 2020

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 attempts to adapt the much-talked about South Korean book of the same name but to disappointing effect....

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Interview: Tahmina Rafaella talks ‘A Woman’ and modern Azerbaijani cinema

Aidan DjabarovJuly 1, 2020

We caught up writer-director-actor Tahmina Rafella to talk about her debut short, A Woman, the need for more women in Azerbaijani cinema and more....

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TIFF 2019 Review: Bring Me Home

Aidan DjabarovOctober 16, 2019

Lee Young-ae makes her return to acting in Kim Seung-woo’s debut film 'Bring Me Home', a bleak picture that horrifically exploits the suffering of women....

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KOFFIA 2019 Review: Innocent Witness

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 2, 2019

A committed turn from actress Kim Hyang-gi can't save pedestrian filmmaking in Lee Han's courtroom drama Innocent Witness....

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Teenage Fantasy: The Films of Shunji Iwai

Aidan DjabarovMarch 7, 2019

We look back on Shunji Iwai's famous teen films to explore the Japanese filmmaker's uncanny grasp for capturing teen experiences on screen....

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Courtesans & Cash: A History of Prostitution in Japanese Film

Aidan DjabarovDecember 21, 2018

From The Life of Oharu to Sakuran, we unpack what prostitution means within the context of its depiction in classic and modern Japanese cinema....

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TIFF 2018 Review: Ash is Purest White

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 12, 2018

Jia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White is at once a gangster drama, a romantic epic and a commentary on the state of 21st century China....

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TJFF 2018 Review: Tremble All You Want

Aidan DjabarovMay 17, 2018

A star-making performance by actress Mayu Matsuoka might not be enough to save Akiko Ohku's take on the romantic-comedy, Tremble All You Want....

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Reel Asian 2017 Review: Women of the Weeping River

Aidan DjabarovNovember 7, 2017

Sheron Dayoc's Women of the Weeping River is a portrait of two families caught in a cycle of violence and revenge, captured in documentary-like realism....

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A Hell of a Guy: The mischievous legacy of Seijun Suzuki

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 22, 2017

We pay tribute to the late Seijun Suzuki, whose brand of filmmaking has influenced countless others. Filmed in Ether is a proud media partner of JFF 2017....

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