This week, Parasite made Oscar history last week for being the first non-English language film in Oscar history to win the award for the Best Picture. That very night, the film also won three other […]
Tag: cinema
Unfortunately, it’s Sexist: SHe, at the Mulan Film Festival
“In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named HUA Mulan rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her […]
An Oppressive Kind of Calmness: The Little Shrimp at the Mulan International Film Festival
The young Cantonese director, CHEN Zhilin “Chilam”’s debut feature-length film captures an unspoken sense of vulnerability of Cantonese youths experience, returning to their hometowns for a break from studying abroad. The familiar homes they return […]
Retrospective Feature on Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japanese Cinematic Auteur, to be Screened in Toronto and Montreal
In accordance to Japanese film director and screen writer, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s tour in Canada, his awards winning five-hour piece, Happy Hour (2015) and Asako I & II (2018), will be screening in Toronto on April […]
10 Japanese LGBTQ+ Movies to Watch Now
It’s been big years for LGBTQ+ films—Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and Call Me By Your Name almost made it two in a row for queer themed movies at the Academy Awards. Oscar award winning, The Favourites […]