Ever since George Melies brought us on A Trip to the Moon 116 years ago, sci-fi has remained a staple genre in the history of filmmaking, and Asian cinema has been no exception. Japan in particular led […]
Ishirô Honda
With Anne Hathaway seemingly conjuring up a real-life Seoul-squishing beast from her imagination in this year’s Sundance hot ticket Colossal, a Godzilla remake being confirmed by Kaiju maestros Toho and the dotted line being signed […]
From gangster flicks to animation, Japanese cinema has a remarkable track record for taking the genres most regularly (and often inaccurately) associated with inconsequential, youth-targeted escapism and channelling them into mesmerising works that can hold […]