A Window on Asian Cinema
Barren IllusionIn one′s ordinary life, absurdity and madness are always latent, seeking a moment to burst out. This informs Kiyoshi Kurosawa′s idea of ′abnormality in everyday life′. With its the...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Beyond ForgivinLop Lamnarai, Nid Watsong, and Suan Sapaya work as gunmen and bodyguards to a tycoon named Big Loh. Each of them has his own unique character. Nid enjoys drugs and often tortures h...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Servant′s ShirtThe Servant′s Shirt realistically captures the pre-open market ambience of the sixties in India. The film attempts to show the social conditions of the sixties by depicting details...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Collective FlatWhat was one to do after the war? In this film, post-war Vietnam is not revealed to us through any particular event. Instead, director Viet Linh captures the situation through the ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Flat TyreThis is a fictional film inspired by documentary. The director′s dilemma, and his decision to choose fiction over documentary is clearly embedded in the film. Photographer Meng and...
A Window on Asian Cinema
GeminiThe renowned Japanese mystery writer Rampo Edogawa and Shinya Tsukamoto make their extraordinary rendezvous in Gemini. The grotesque world of Edogawa and the dynamic and fantastic...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Hakuchi: The InnocentThe son of the master of Japanimation, Tezka Osamu, Macoto Tezka′s Hakuchi: The Innocent is a film that recreates Tezka′s father′s animated world of fantasy in non-animated format....
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Vanaprastham -The Last DanceThe film centers on characters who seek fiction for their ideals and love, yet suffer from it. Set in southern India in 1930s, the film depicts the love and the despair of a master...
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Lea′s StoryIs becoming a good mother totally different from becoming a woman of respect? In a patriarchal society, the answer may be yes. In Lea′s Story, Lea raises objection to this idea. Le...