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September 28, 2010
Coming Home: Melodrama and social change
David Ehrenstein condemns melodramas like Coming Home for perpetuating the illusion that they can affect social change instead of creating real change.
November 26, 2010
Brass Knuckle Boys (Kankuro Kudo, 2008)
Brass Knuckle Boys is a Japanese comedy about an old Japanese punk-rock music band from the ’70s and ’80s looking to extend their 15 minutes of fame.
March 26, 2013
Starry Starry Night (Tom Lin, 2011)
Starry Starry Night is a coming-of-age story of love and adventure. And, thanks to some interesting formal elements, it’s an enjoyable viewing.
April 20, 2010
Adrift In Tokyo (Satoshi Miki, 2007)
In a cluster of odd situations, Adrift in Tokyo makes us experience its city, from its empty residential streets to its Metropolis-like allure.
November 28, 2010
Symbol (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2009)
Symbol never lives up to its potential, choosing rather to limit itself to slapstick gags, immature, dull and predictable.
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