Filmed in Ether - Gliding Through Asian Cinema

Video Essay: How ‘Tampopo’ brought ramen to the West

Hayley InchOctober 31, 2018

Together with Japanese Film Festival Australia 2018, we explore the importance of Juzo Itami's Tampopo and the role it had in bringing ramen to the West....

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Defiant Women: Examining Japanese Classics ‘A Geisha’ & ‘Manji: The Goddess of Mercy’

Natalie NgOctober 16, 2018

Japan has had a fascinating history of depicting defiant women on screen. We look at just two of its classics ahead of JFFAU 2018....

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Video Essay: A History of Representation in Zainichi Cinema

Hieu ChauSeptember 29, 2018

We briefly explore the history of screen representation for the Korean Zainichi, one of the largest minority communities living in Japan today....

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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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KOFFIA 2018 Review: Midnight Runners

Hayley InchSeptember 4, 2018

Screen heartthrobs Kang Ha-nuel and Park Seo-joon team up to take down an organ harvesting ring in South Korean buddy cop action comedy Midnight Runners....

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Review: The Witness

Hieu ChauSeptember 3, 2018

After seeing a murder, a paranoid salaryman fears he might be the next to go in Jo Kyoo-jung's crime thriller, The Witness. ...

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