“Raising Arizona” meets “Lars and the Real Girl” in Galilee Ma's sophomore drama short: “Natasha”. Beset with a strange obsession with Natasha (Meiko), a sex doll, a middle aged woman conspires to rescue her from a brothel. Despite its wildly captivating premise and build-up, the unusual film grasps at modern realities of alienation and grief in Taiwan with dwindling success. Still, strangeness abounds in this melodramatic vignette, and leaves one in anticipation of Ma's future endeavors.
“Natasha” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The perennial ills of short filmmaking seem to be cases of brilliant ideas underdeveloped. “Natasha” opens with a splash, with an ominous, but tongue-in-cheek recital of a passage from the book of Revelations. “I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” Immediately cutting away, we are thrust into the opposite...
“Natasha” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The perennial ills of short filmmaking seem to be cases of brilliant ideas underdeveloped. “Natasha” opens with a splash, with an ominous, but tongue-in-cheek recital of a passage from the book of Revelations. “I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” Immediately cutting away, we are thrust into the opposite...
- 3/30/2023
- by Renee Ng
- AsianMoviePulse
Is this a case of too much, too young as two teens living in a port town find themselves pregnant? The mother and the father wrestle with how to take responsibility while their family and friends look on. This, however, is part of a bigger battle the two face, one of finding out how to express themselves and what they want from their future. In his debut feature-length film Haruki Kinemura delicately depicts different desires and conflicts surrounding the characters, all while taking advantage of the beautiful views of the seaside locations in Mie Prefecture. (Source: Oaff 2023 / Jason Maher)
Cafune will have its World Premiere at the 18th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023, as one of the 9 films in the Indie Forum line-up. Its cast includes Suika Yamazaki and Taishi.
Cafune will have its World Premiere at the 18th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023, as one of the 9 films in the Indie Forum line-up. Its cast includes Suika Yamazaki and Taishi.
- 2/12/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
“… and there are moments I feel beauty in those around me.”
Nature and its preservation have always been one of the most important themes in many parts of Japanese culture. Considering its highly developed urban areas, there seems to be a constant trend to create some kind of balance with the environment, or at least the awareness to take care of it. Besides Japanese literature creating a link between spirituality and nature, lately, for example, in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, the environment’s ultimate fate is put on a level with mankind’s fate. Perhaps the best known work in this case is his 1997 film “Princess Mononoke” in which creating a natural equilibrium with the world is essential for the survival of mankind.
However, Miyazaki is not the only one portraying nature and its power that way, In a recent interview Japanese director Moët Mayami stresses how she was...
Nature and its preservation have always been one of the most important themes in many parts of Japanese culture. Considering its highly developed urban areas, there seems to be a constant trend to create some kind of balance with the environment, or at least the awareness to take care of it. Besides Japanese literature creating a link between spirituality and nature, lately, for example, in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, the environment’s ultimate fate is put on a level with mankind’s fate. Perhaps the best known work in this case is his 1997 film “Princess Mononoke” in which creating a natural equilibrium with the world is essential for the survival of mankind.
However, Miyazaki is not the only one portraying nature and its power that way, In a recent interview Japanese director Moët Mayami stresses how she was...
- 7/26/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“I love you, but…”
When it comes to drug abuse or alcoholism, the mediums of film and literature certainly had their fair share of narratives concerning the issue, often either dramatizing or even romanticizing the topic. From the hard-boiled detectives played by Humphrey Bogart and their casual drinks in gloomy bars, the wacky characters of such films (and books) like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” or “Trainspotting” or the unforgettable performance by Ray Milland in Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend,” addiction and substance abuse can be regarded as two of the most discussed and portrayed themes within the arts.
The Path Leading to Love screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival, that will be on March 9th to 18th.
As Jason Maher points out in his review of “The Path Leading to Love,” all of these examples have come to associate the artist, or certain kinds of characters, with alcoholism,...
When it comes to drug abuse or alcoholism, the mediums of film and literature certainly had their fair share of narratives concerning the issue, often either dramatizing or even romanticizing the topic. From the hard-boiled detectives played by Humphrey Bogart and their casual drinks in gloomy bars, the wacky characters of such films (and books) like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” or “Trainspotting” or the unforgettable performance by Ray Milland in Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend,” addiction and substance abuse can be regarded as two of the most discussed and portrayed themes within the arts.
The Path Leading to Love screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival, that will be on March 9th to 18th.
As Jason Maher points out in his review of “The Path Leading to Love,” all of these examples have come to associate the artist, or certain kinds of characters, with alcoholism,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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