We look at MIFF 2017 films Tokyo Idols and Japanese Girls Never Die and examine how they explore sexism in modern-day Japan through its pop culture....
Naoko Yamada, director of the K-On! anime series, brings to life acclaimed manga, A Silent Voice, an important film about acceptance and forgiveness....
We look at how costume design can add more layers to a film's storytelling and look at the specific use of gloves in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden in this video essay....
Teenage girls in 1930s Japanese-colonised Korea begin to mysteriously disappear from their boarding school in South Korean Gothic horror, The Silenced....
The world of the teenage girl is entirely its own and Asia's appetite for complex films about teenage girlhood has given way to two great films this year. ...
Natalie is a lover of cinema and beautiful things. Her writing focuses on women filmmakers, queer cinema and costume design. Her writing has been featured in The Big Issue and Meld Magazine and she has worked with the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival.
