A Window on Asian Cinema
TheyJ is delaying the start of her puberty because she is concerned about her gender. However, it’s time to make a decision. J’s sister Lauren and her boyfriend Araz are also going thr...
A Window on Asian Cinema
In the ShadowsTwo people are in an Indian back alley so narrow it’s unlikely to be on the map; the place is so dense with buildings and shops that everything is entwined. The man seems unable to...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Walking Past the FutureWith his fifth feature, director-screenwriter Li Ruijun continues his exploration of fast-changing China by looking at the continuing shifts recent years have been bringing to both...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of BlueMika is working as a nurse by day and as a hostess by night. Feeling isolated by an uncertain anxiety, she has an obsession with death. Shinji, a construction worker, has simultane...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Side Job.The impact of the great earthquake that hit East Japan on March 11 is still being felt, particularly unimaginable pain by those who used to live near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Pop AyeThana built Garden Square, Bangkok’s landmark of the 1990s. The building’s young owner plans to demolish it and replace it with a modern one. Facing a crisis, Thana feels tired of ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Close-knitTomo is a young girl living with her irresponsible mother. When her mother suddenly leaves one day Tomo goes to stay with her uncle Makio. At uncle’s house, Tomo happens to meet a ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Carousel Never Stops TurningThis movie was not written by somebody, but it deals with history witnessed by things. However, the level of history here is neither the record of a unique moment, such as a great ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
MunabiaBased on the novel of the same name, the movie deals with an adulterous couple. In a small village in Kyrgyzstan, a married man, Januzak, and a girl named Munabia fall in love fate...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Ringside StoryThe spirit of our youth that trusts in our self-value and dream seems to turn into hopeless and irresponsible folly as we grow older if we don’t find success. This movie teaches us...