Castaway on the Moon
March 8, 2011
The 2011 Korean Cinema Blogathon is on, and we are taking a look at Lee Hae-jun's 2009 sophomore effort. Soon to be remade for US audiences by Mean …
Tag: Asia in Focus
The Water Magician
March 8, 2011
One of Kenji Mizoguchi's earliest works is not only a great example of the art of benshi, but a strong voice for the strength of women in Meiji era …
Mr. & Mrs. Incredible
March 2, 2011
Vincent Kok (Shaolin Soccer), delivers another satirical farce for the Chinese New Year season. Concerning a couple of retired superheroes in ancient China (Sandra Ng Kwan Yue and Louis …
Shaolin
January 25, 2011
Despite a brief renaissance in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Chinese film (and in particular, martial arts) has been strangely absent from Australian cinema screens over the last …
Japanese Film Festival 2010: Wrap Up
December 2, 2010
It has been half a week since the end of the Sydney leg of 14th Japanese Film Festival, and we’re slowly coming down off the dizzying heights of the …
A Lone Scalpel (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
December 1, 2010
The Closing Night of the 14th Japanese Film Festival in Sydney is an adaptation of Doctor Toshihiko Oogane’s bestselling novel. Drawing on the controversial topic of human organ transplant …
Sword of Desperation (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 30, 2010
The history of Japanese cinema has long been defined into a number of key genres that reflect the history of Japan itself. Arguably the most famous of these is …
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (Japanese Film Festival)
November 29, 2010
Prior to the availability of handheld GPS, people used to rely on these things called maps and surveying to find their way around the world. It sounds like some …
Box! (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 29, 2010
Sport films tend to follow a fairly standard pattern, and are always good for a bit heart-string pulling in the audience. We’ve already had one sports film this year …
Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 29, 2010
Production I.G. has always been a ground-breaker in the Japanese animation industry. Indeed, Production I.G. was the first company to film a series almost entirely in English with Japanese subtitles to …