Japan
Film reviews: Flora on the Sand (1964) and Juvenile Jungle (1956)
The feature of a retrospective at the 2023 Japanese Film Festival, Kō Nakahira was a filmmaker who interrogated themes of…
Suzume by Makoto Shinkai explores the impacts of trauma
Makoto Shinka's Suzume draws on memories of Japan's natural disasters and blends it with coming-of-age tenderness.
Japanese Film Festival 2022: adventures big and small
The Japanese Film Festival hits major cities this November with a fine selection of eclectic cinema.
Would Netflix's Japanese show Old Enough! work in Australia?
Are Aussie toddlers savvy enough to run errands on their own with only a camouflaged film crew in tow?
MIFF Film Review: Paper City pays tribute to survivors of neglected tragedy
Australian filmmaker Adrian Francis tries to understand the firebombing of Tokyo in this MIFF Premiere Fund documentary.