In hindsight my love for Japan definitely stems from my love for video games, so what could be more awesome than this short film about Super Potato the most awesome retro game shop in all of Japan! I’m gutted that I never visited it whilst I was in Japan but it would definitely go on [...]
Thankfully last year was peppered with news of the end of many of the worlds tyrants and dictators including Kim Jong-Il. With all the associated media attention on North Korea, an award-winning British photographer Charlie Crane has found his work documenting this closed off country thrust into the spotlight.
If you watch Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe Review of the Year, you’ll realise how chaotic and memorable last year was. I can only imagine what 2012 has in store for us, especially considering that it signifies the end of the Mayan calendar. Leaving that doom aside for a moment though, my hopes are a little more [...]
Being the avid Akira fan that I am, I was intrigued by the release of a limited edition leather jacket fashioned after the one worn by Kaneda in the film as well as a number of collectible pins. I’m pretty sure the coat would look diabolical on me but that doesn’t stop me from thinking [...]
Notice the plural in the title, I’m a huge fan of World Cinema, particularly Japanese and Korean (as evident in my last post). However something needs to be about the cluster-bomb of film festivals and seasons during October and November.
