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Should have mentioned it sooner: the PinkCat Podcast is out, and in episode 2, we discuss Julie Lee's Trilogy of Lust (1995)! I did a lot of research on Julie Lee's career, its place within Hong Kong cinema, and the pornographic context of Hong Kong. Plus our normal analysis discussion. You can watch it HERE!!!!
Trilogy of Lust is less an exercise in exploitation than an ambitious allegory of socio-political violence, desire, love and identity, using the female body…
Yo! I wrote an article in my friend BjorkBoobah's awesome zine, Asian Cinema Shine!
It is pretty cool so far, with plenty of essays on things like V-cinema and Pink film, but I spiced it up with something a bit more academic-y. Because I couldn't help myself. All the writings are awesome, and whilst I will leave the full text of my essay here, if you want to read with some images, and the immense whiplash from Dakota Noot's BDSM-filled…
Might be the best version of Batman adapted to the screen. There is a real attempt to humanise and interrogate the character here, alongside a story that offers enough mystery and action to be entertainingly mainstream and accessible. Combined with the gorgeous animated visuals and gothic tinge of the classic animated show, with a stellar score and good performances.
Honestly, I just wish it was longer and gave a bit more realism or explanation of the Phantasm mist mechanics. Might push it to 4 stars at some point as a fyi.
Dope af Batwoman design. Otherwise a semi-adequate mystery plot line. Some nice gothic aesthetics at times kept me interested.
My adoration of this short film can not be understated. It was marvellous.
Meditating on the self-alienation and datafication of the individual by contemporary society, Hiromi Saiki attempts to undertake both the internal fabrication of the self and the false conceptualisation of us, our social conditioning internally but also externally through outside actors. This is achieved through the carefully and precisely crafted narration, creating an inherent conflict between these three components of our perceived self. Initially, an anxious self-narration contrasts…
I cannot in good conscience promote a documentary that follows the 3rd Assault Brigade Azov. No matter the context of the Ukraine war and your opinions, nor the great documentarian craft here, the fact that it implicitly endorses the Neo-Nazi brigade is heinous. It is not like there was not a range of other non-fascist brigades they could have covered like the poorly equipped and trained Territorial Defence units made up of conscripts that are sent to the kill zones…
