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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Media Mix, Nov. 29, 2020
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about dueling narratives in the media regarding the COVID pandemic. Though the obvious problem inherent in this split is that the message of “what to do” gets muddled, it’s been obvious for at least twenty … Continue reading
Stranger: the hero you never knew you needed
Having missed out on American “peak television” as it happened, I always felt out of the loop until I finally did get around to watching The Sopranos and The Wire and even Mad Men years after their original airing. Now … Continue reading
Review: Tezuka’s Barbara
Macoto Tezka’s live action movie version of his father Osamu Tezuka’s early 70s adult manga combines pastiche and originality in a way that’s dramatically stimulating without being particularly memorable. The original comic’s outrageousness was a function of its time and … Continue reading
Review: About Endlessness
Swedish director Roy Andersson’s gift, if you can call it that, is how perfectly he envisions existence, a trait that’s interpolated cinematically as meticulously blocked scenes, uniformly stark lighting, and little if no camera movement. The mood is minimalist black … Continue reading
Media Mix, Nov. 15, 2020
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the government’s plan to allow couples to use national health insurance to pay for fertility treatments. We’ve written about related topics in the past, so here is a list of articles that address fertility, … Continue reading
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TIFF 2020
Here are the articles about the movies and events I covered for the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival home page. “Possessor“ “Ora, Ora Be Goin’ Alone“ “The Last Bath“ “TiTi“ “Come and Go“ Asia Lounge with Tsai Ming-liang “The Old … Continue reading
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Media Mix, Nov. 1, 2020
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the controversy over the six rejected nominees for the Science Council of Japan. As pointed out in the column, it was Akahata, the press organ of the Japanese Communist Party, that broke … Continue reading
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