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When Amitav Ghosh's PR team asked...
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When Amitav Ghosh's PR team asked the Guardian newspaper in the UK to publish an excerpt on literary matters from his new essay collection titled THE GREAT DERANGEMENT, the PR people and the publishers (University of Chicago Press) probably thought this...
Arts Etc. — 8/6/2014
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Visual Arts Highlights It is a risk and struggle to create while reaching back to my whole lifetime – what it means to grow up in the city where one lives with all the dead bodies that lay below one’s feet” – so writes Hiroshima-born Japanese visual...
Last-Minute Plans: 107 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: Jan 27-29, 2017
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Seattle weekend events that won't cost more than $10. by Stranger Things To Do Staff If you've been putting off making plans for the weekend and are in need of some cheap, last-minute entertainment, we've got you covered. Here are all of the options...
Film Listings: November 27 - December 3, 2013
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Tough snowman Marshmallow is among the cast of characters in Disney's new animated musical, Frozen, out Wed/27. PHOTO COURTESY OF DISNEY Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander...
The Unwoke: Sleepwalking into the Nightmare
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Photo by Mike Maguire | CC BY 2.0 “The view that Syria is under attack because it isn’t a western puppet state, and that Washington wants Assad to step down to make it one, cannot be so easily dismissed. There’s plenty of evidence that states that seek...

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Review: “Old Fox” Shines With Exemplary Acting and Nuanced Take on Inequality

With superb acting and a stirring depiction of 1980’s Taiwan, “Old Fox” explores socioeconomic inequality through the lens of a child. The post Review: “Old Fox” Shines With Exemplary Acting and Nuanced Take on Inequality appeared first on Cinema Escapist...
Review: “The Asadas” Snaps a Heartfelt Portrait of a Japanese Photographer and His Family

Based on the story of real-life Japanese photographer Masashi Asada, "The Asadas" teeters between cheer and melodrama. The post Review: “The Asadas” Snaps a Heartfelt Portrait of a Japanese Photographer and His Family appeared first on Cinema Escapist...
Review: Starring Rinko Kikuchi, “Yoko” Explores Liminal Spaces and Lingering Family Traumas on a Hitchhike Across Japan

Japanese indie film "Yoko" features Rinko Kikuchi as its titular character, who hitchhikes across Japan to her estranged father’s funeral. The post Review: Starring Rinko Kikuchi, “Yoko” Explores Liminal Spaces and Lingering Family Traumas on a Hitchhike...
Review: “During the Rains” Offers Character-Driven Look at Japanese Sex Workers Amidst COVID-19

Independent Japanese film "During the Rains" chronicles the lives of workers in a compensated dating cafe, offering little character background but much empathy. The post Review: “During the Rains” Offers Character-Driven Look at Japanese Sex Workers...
Review: Japanese Movie “Dead Fishes” Depicts Generation Gaps and Poison Plots in a Tokyo Commuter Suburb

Japanese independent movie "Dead Fishes" offers an evocative depiction of slower-paced life in a Tokyo suburb, with a murder-related twist. The post Review: Japanese Movie “Dead Fishes” Depicts Generation Gaps and Poison Plots in a Tokyo Commuter Suburb...

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Review: Yamato (Japan, 2005) | Cinema Escapist

Commissioned a week after Pearl Harbor in 1941, the battleship Yamato is a fitting metaphor for the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire during World War II. Reflective of Japan’s ambitions, she and h...

Review: Northern Limit Line (South Korea, 2015) | Cinema Escapist

Released last week in the US, Northern Limit Line is a based on a fascinating real-life battle between South and North Korean patrol boats.