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Falling Down | "Love after Love"
Love after Love Directed by Ann Hui. China. 2020. 140 mins. # TIFF Love after Love is a feast for the eyes rendering the extravagance...
Nov 20, 2020

It’s about time… | Exhibition “Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists”
“Time Flows: Reflections by 5 Artists” @Hara Museum | September 19, 2020 – January 11, 2021 Group exhibition with works by Tomoki Imai,...
Oct 12, 2020


The Image It Bears | “Ainu Mosir”
Ainu Mosir Japan/USA/China, 2020, 84 minutes. Directed and written by Takeshi Fukunaga. The last few years have witnessed the springing...
Oct 11, 2020

Book review | "Romance in Post-Socialist Chinese Television"
Chinese media scholar Huike Wen’s new book, Romance in Post-Socialist Chinese Television , was published in July 2020 by Palgrave...
Oct 6, 2020


Heteroglossia | Yokohama Triennale
Inviting the Indian artist trio Raqs Media Collective as its artistic director, the 2020 edition of Yokohama Triennale resonates with a...
Aug 5, 2020


Her Indeterministic Cosmos | "Tomoko Konoike FLIP"
Tomoko Konoike: Flip @ Artizon Museum, Tokyo Original dates: April 18-June 21 2020 New dates: June 23-October 25 Konoike is an artist of...
Jul 22, 2020


Why is not the right question | Book "Spirited Away"
In this compact study, author Andrew Osmond conducts a detailed textual analysis of one of Miyazaki’s most remarkable animation works,...
Jul 19, 2020


The Japan Cinema ANT | "The Japanese Cinema Book"
Part 1 of the Japanese Cinema Book focuses on the theories and approaches of Japanese film studies in both Japan and Anglo-Saxon...
Jul 17, 2020


Unfortunately, art can’t have it all | Exhibition "Olafur Eliasson: Sometimes the river is the bridge"
Olafur Eliasson Sometimes the river is the bridge Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo June 9, 2020 – September 27, 2020 Already planned in...
Jul 5, 2020


The Quest and Questions for Queerness | Book "Queer China"
Book Review: Queer China (Hongwei Bao) While many people are going through a difficult period, being grounded while unsettled and...
Jul 1, 2020

Far away, too close | Nippon Connection 2020
Naomi Mizoguchi focused her camera on another voice that has been neglected and silenced for hundreds of years, which is the voice of...
Jun 9, 2020


The World’s Wars | "War of the Worlds"
In March when the Coronavirus started to swarm into Italy, a number of eminent philosophers published their immediate reflections on the...
Jun 4, 2020
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