A finger pokes a small hole through a fusuma (Japanese-style sliding door). A girl bends down and peeks through the hole. She sees something. A woman notices a...
Author - I-Lin Liu
This music video is selected by I-Lin Liu, a song featured in ”Goodbye South, Goodbye” by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, here is the opening theme of the film, composed by...
“Yamato (California)” is Japanese director Daisuke Miyazaki's second feature film. The title reminds us of Wim Wenders' “Paris, Taxis,” but “Yamato” invokes...
“Funeral Parade of Roses” has long been hailed as one of the greatest achievement of Japanese independent film in the sixties. Focusing on a gay and cross...
“Traces of Sin” is director Kei Ishikawa's first narrative feature film. It is based on a detective novel by Tokuro Nukui. The story follows crime journalist...
When it was published in 1987, “Norwegian Wood” catapulted Japanese author, Haruki Murakami to fame, especially among Japanese youths. Due to the story having...
Hanuman is a Cambodian action film directed and written by two Western filmmakers. The film tells a revenge story revolving around two brothers. They witness...
Can porn be art? This question seems to be contradicting itself. Art calls for our contemplation, while porn requires our bodily involvement. How can a film...
I've only seen two other Sion Sono's films before I watched “Strange Circus.” “I'm Sion Sono”(1985) is the earliest film from him that I've known. I was amazed...
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Takafumi Nanatsuki, this movie shares a similar thematic concern as the 2016 hit anime movie “Your Name”. However...
