Focus on Asia and the Middle East
130 articles
Homeward Bound: The Perils of Duty and Palestinian Society in Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib
Unearthly Terror: The Unconventional Horror of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Foreboding
Peonies of Pyongyang: Women in North Korean Cinema
Dance of Despair: Israel, Trauma and Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot
It’s Still Life: Abbas Kiarostami’s 24 Frames
Representing Resistance: Ayse Toprak’s Mr Gay Syria and LGBTQIA+ Rights
The Pain of Purity: Abuse and Collusion in Vivian Qu’s Angels Wear White
Salt of the Earth: Virtue and Vengeance in Mohammad Rasoulof’s A Man of Integrity
Turning the Lens: Looking and Reliving in Hong Sang-soo’s Claire’s Camera
States of Loneliness: Proximity and Distance in On the Beach at Night Alone
Cutting Through the Chanbara Film: Takashi Miike’s Blade of the Immortal
Making Peace: Resignation, the Road Movie and Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye
Inside and Out: Afghan Life in Shahrbanoo Sadat’s Wolf and Sheep
Flight of Fancy: Falconry, Affluence and Yuri Ancarani’s The Challenge
Generic Interventions: Tropes and Topicality in the Films of Bong Joon-ho
Conflict in Representation: Hussein Hassan’s The Dark Wind and the Plight of the Yazidis
Past Refractions: Anocha Suwichakornpong’s By the Time It Gets Dark
Stark Lives, Stark Lens: Restlessness and Realism in Brillante Mendoza’s Ma’ Rosa
The Fullness of Time: The Anime Films of Mamoru Hosoda
Be Careful What You Wish for: Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name
Another Day in Paradise: Sex Tourism and Colonialism in Bangkok Nites
Conflicting Passions: Love, Ambition and Obsession in The Road to Mandalay
Players on the Stage: Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman
Candid Camera: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Happy Hour
Sisters Doing It for Themselves: Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang
Phase Change: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendour
Reeling in the Beast: The Anti-Russian, Russian Leviathan
Winter of Discontent: The Pensive Theatre of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep
Modern Love: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son
