Eastern Premise #51 – Umarete wa mita keredo lit (I Was Born But…)
This week Jason Julier introduces Ozu to Eastern Premise, with an early silent, I Was Born, But…. Otona no miru ehon – Umarete wa mita keredo lit otherwise known as I Was Born, But… is an early silent film from Yasujiro Ozu. Filmed in late 1931 until early 1932, it represents one of his most beloved … Read more
Eastern Premise #50 – Ai no Mukidashi (Love Exposure)
In the landmark 50th edition of his Eastern Premise column, Jason Julier takes a look at Sion Sono’s Love Exposure. Normally Eastern Premise kicks off with an immediate hook to snare unaware passers-by. Not this week and not for this film. Ai no Mukidashi or Love Exposure is a viewing experience that divides opinion, even … Read more
Eastern Premise #49 – Villain
This week Jason Julier turns his attention to his most contemporary work in quite some time, Lee Sang-il’s Villain. 2011 was an eventful year for Third Window Films with releases including Confessions of a Dog, Cold Fish and Confessions. The London riots may have threatened the future of this enterprising DVD label but it is bouncing … Read more
Eastern Premise #48 – Kurutta Ippeiji (A Page of Madness)
This week Jason Julier takes a look at a piece of silent cinema from Japan. Japanese films from the silent era are a rare breed thanks to a combination of natural disasters particularly the Kanto Earthquake of 1923, war and the problems associated with old film stock. In the West despite the lists of ‘missing … Read more
The Sunday Sermon
Recognition among like-minded individuals is a key component in development. If we know that which we do is considered not just right and proper, but also exceptional, by those who share most closely that frame of mind, then this will inform how we continue. Awards perform a very real and tangible recognition of skills, so … Read more
Eastern Premise #47 – Sanshiro Sugata (Judo Saga)
In this weeks Eastern Premise Jason Julier takes in Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. After almost a whole year of weekly articles we finally arrive at the biggest name in Japanese cinema. After 46 instalments it’s finally time for the arrival of Akira Kurosawa. Yes, it is long overdue but as one of the most visible … Read more
Eastern Premise #46 – Moetsukita Chizu (Man Without A Map)
Jason Julier returns with another instalment of his Eastern Premise series with a look at a work by Hiroshi Teshigahara. With the recent release of Shohei Imamura’s divisive Missing Persons from Masters of Cinema, I felt compelled to highlight another film that deals with lost souls, but offers a more tangible left-field narrative. Look no further than … Read more
Hope Lies On Television #13 – Two Detectives, One Name
To mark the end of the second series of the BBC’s excellent Sherlock, Edwin Davies casts his eye over the show and its cinematic cousin, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and the ways in which the two adaptations suit their respective medium. When Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes was released … Read more
Eastern Premise #45 – Suzaki Paradise Red Light District
Jason Julier returns with another instalment of his Eastern Premise series with a look at Suzaki Paradise Red Light District. Suzaki Paradise is a wonderful, touching and poignant film from Yuzo Kawashima; a director we’re only just featuring for the first time in Eastern Premise. His career was sadly a short one having started out in … Read more
Coulda Been a Contender…. Night Skies, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 2 and Gremlins
Coulda Been A Contender is a new occasional column from Noel Thingvall, in which he delves in to his vast archive of unproduced film scripts and teases as what could have been. In this instalment Noel takes a look at the Spielberg-masterminded projects that never came to be… Night Skies - The Absentee Father of Spielberg’s … Read more
