Tag: Focus on Asia
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Review: After the Storm
REVIEW: The type of layered and beautiful character study we’ve come to expect from the master Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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Review: Our Huff and Puff Journey
REVIEW: It’s not about the destination in this Japanese road movie.
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Review: The Whispering Star (Revelation Film Festival 2016)
REVIEW: Sion Sono’s hypnotic, lo-fi journey through the stars is a wholly unique experience.
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SFF 2016 Review: Oyster Factory
An observational look at life in a small Japanese town, where change is more rapid than the people’s way of life. A lingering shot of a sleeping cat, surrounding by idyllic vistas of the area known as Japan Aegean Sea, belies the tragedy that has fallen Japan since the 2011 tsunami and nuclear accident. Watanabe is…
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Review: When Marnie Was There
REVIEW: The final Studio Ghibli film (for now) is a bittersweet farewell to an era.
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Studio Ghibli announces closure
News is filtering out of Japan that the famed Studio Ghibli, home of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, is closing its doors as a theatrical animation production house.The announcement was made on Japanese television by general manager Toshio Suzuki Rumours have apparently been circulating for some time, following the poor performance of Tale of Princess Kaguya, and…
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Oz Comic-Con 2014: ‘Terror In Resonance’ to make its Australian premiere in Melbourne
Oz Comic-Con Melbourne will host the first Australian screening of Terror In Resonance, the latest anime by legendary director Shinichiro Watanabe and famed composer Yoko Kanno. Thanks to Madman Entertainment, the film will make its Australian debut at Oz Comic-Con on July 6, just hours after premiering in Paris and the USA. Set in an alternate version…
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Review: Like Father, Like Son
REVIEW: Hirokazu Koreeda continues his exploration about family and culture in Japan, crafting a deliberately paced drama out of the simplest of moments.
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