About his approach to storytelling in “Monster”, systemic monstrosity in Japan, working methods with children, and the memory of Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Author - Lukasz Mankowski
Film Critic, Japanese language translator, PhD student based in Warsaw, Poland, festival programmer for Five Flavours (Warsaw, Poland). Author of the Asian Cinema-focused blog, "Kinema Chromatica". Participant of IFFR Young Critics Programme 2021 and Berlinale Talents 2022. Aside from writing for AMP, his works include bylines in: MUBI, Sight & Sound, ALT/KINO, Senses of Cinema, dwutygodnik, EKRANy or Kultura Liberalna.
About the cultural subcontext of the film, the proximity of love and anger in the lives of Tamil people, the familial bonds and Tamil Nadu’s natural setting...
Movie of the Week #21
An in-depth conversation with Makbul Mubarak about his Venice-premiered "Autobiography" and Indonesian film landscape.
About the symbolic meaning of Sohee’s character, the background behind writing the narrative, the strategy to keep the tone of the film minimal, and current...
Davy Chou discusses his "Return to Seoul", its transcultural notions, the beauty of erraticism, and his favorite dance sequences
We're discussing Chie Hayakawa's "Plan 75", its visual language, social lens, and real-life events that inspired her to make her debut.
We talk with Apichatpong Weerasethakul about making his recent Colombia-based project, "Memoria".