Monthly Archives: May 2023

Review: EO

Posted on May 5, 2023 by philipbrasor

It’s no spoiler to say right at the outset that Jerzy Skolimowski’s impressionistic take on the life of a donkey ends with the claim that absolutely no animals were harmed or otherwise inconvenienced during its making, even if there are … Continue reading →

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Review: One Fine Morning

Posted on May 4, 2023 by philipbrasor

Hot on the heels of Francois Ozon’s Everything Went Fine (though I acknowledge that in some territories the release order was the reverse) comes another French movie about a woman struggling with her father’s end-of-life arrangements. And while the circumstances … Continue reading →

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Media watch: The inevitability of the immigration law revision

Posted on May 1, 2023 by philipbrasor

We’ve written in the past about the Japanese government’s treatment of asylum seekers, and the revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law that the ruling coalition has been working on for years to close inconvenient loopholes was supposed … Continue reading →

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