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Filmmaker interviews, analytical essays and other long reads dedicated to East and Southeast Asian cinema, produced by the Filmed in Ether team.

Best of 2018: Our Favourite Asian Film Discoveries

Hieu ChauDecember 27, 2018

The Filmed in Ether team reveals its best Asian films of 2018 and talk about their favourite new discoveries in Asian cinema both past and present....

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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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Working Class Woman: The Films of Sakura Ando

Brooke HeinzDecember 10, 2018

From Shoplifters to Love Exposure, Sakura Ando is one Japan's best actresses working today. We look back on her best performances so far....

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Mr. & Mrs. Cruz: Understanding its visual and narrative symmetry

Matthew RookeNovember 5, 2018

Sigrid Andrea Bernardo's new film, Mr and Mrs Cruz, makes full use of symmetry both visually and narratively. We look at all the ways it has been used to enhance the Filipina director's film....

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How Hepburn and Classical Hollywood inspired ‘Color Me True’

Natalie NgNovember 5, 2018

For Japanese Film Festival Australia 2018, we look at all the ways the gorgeous new film, Color Me True, pays tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood....

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Memories of Meals: ‘Ramen Shop’ and the power of food films

Levin TanOctober 31, 2018

We look at Eric Khoo's Ramen Shop, screening at JFFAU 2018 and unpack the reasons why foodie films like it have remained so popular....

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