I discovered Kenji Miyazawa’s novella Night on the Galactic Railroad just a couple of years ago, following the release of Shunji Iwai’s film A Bride for Rip Van Winkle. In the film, the protagonists’ internet handle is Campanella, after one of the central characters in Miyazawa’s work. This is a curious choice. Nanami, the characterContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)”
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Top 10 Japanese Movies
Greetings, perusers. I’m taking a short break from Watched This Month as I have been quite preoccupied recently, but wanted to take this leisurely day to instead write about some of my favourite Japanese films. If you know me — which you probably don’t — then you’ll know I adore Japanese cinema, which has aContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Japanese Movies”
Watched This Month: January 2017
Annyeonghaseyo! Welcome to the first Watched This Month of 2017. Apologies for being a week or so behind. You know my punctuality isn’t too great, but I watched more movies than there are days in January, so there was a lot to cover. I tried to cut down on the word count to avoid anContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: January 2017”
Watched This Month: December 2016
Hello, hello. Welcome to Watched This Month. Finally on time again! It’s December, so that means this monthly post has now been going for an entire year, with me having written about almost one hundred different movies along the way. Hooray! Thank you to all those who have stopped by. I have no plans toContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: December 2016”
Movie Talk: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Title: All About Lily Chou-Chou (リリイ・シュシュのすべて) Director: Shunji Iwai Screenplay: Shunji Iwai Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Itô, Yû Aoi Released: Oct 2001 (JP), Jul 2002 (US), Aug 2002 (UK) Ever since I discovered All About Lily Chou-Chou in 2006, it has held a special place in my heart. Along with Takeshi Kitano’s Sonatine,ContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: All About Lily Chou-Chou”
Watched This Month: April 2016
Hello, Captain! Welcome to another edition of Watched This Month. After pretty much two solid months of television, I’m finally catching up on some movies! I also recently joined letterboxd, which is essentially a film-focused social network that enables you to track and rate everything you watch. Give me a follow if you’re also setContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: April 2016”
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