Japanese cinema

The Emperor’s Cinema

Karthick RM writes about Peter Wild's study of Akira Kurosawa, and about his own viewing of the auteur’s cinema.

3 years ago

A meditation on the meaning of family

Harini Pryor writes about The Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or-winning film.

4 years ago

On Tezuka Osamu’s experimental animated shorts

Julia Shiota revisits part of the legendary artist’s filmography.

4 years ago

A few questions for the JAEFF team

Joshua Smith and Dr. George Crosthwait talk to us about making the avant-garde accessible.

5 years ago

Screening Resistance: National Bodies and Colonial Histories

Hanako Lowry writes about attending the Japanese Avant-Garde Experimental Film Festival in London.

5 years ago

How Studio Ghibli brought Japan back to me

Julia Shiota writes about growing up Japanese-American; with art work by Clinton Tham.

6 years ago

High, Low, and Everything in Between

Michael Clancy looks at how space has been used in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low.

7 years ago