The Three-Body Problem: The 'unfilmable' Chinese sci-fi novel set to be Netflix's new hit
Shōgun: The brutal Japanese history that inspired 2024's latest TV hit
The Korean Wave: 25 stories that define Korea's dramatic history
Onoda: The man who hid in the jungle for 30 years
How Ichi the Killer brought ultra-violence to the mainstream
Tokyo Olympiad: The greatest film about sport ever made

Father Yod: the ‘70s cult leader and psych-rocker more suited to Disneyland than dive bars
‘It’s like oxygen – it’s everywhere!’ Why Korea is hot for trot, the cheesiest pop imaginable
‘Everything felt new’: the cross-cultural joy of Ghana’s ‘burger highlife’ music
Witch: the glory and tragedy of Zambia’s psych-rock trailblazers
Screen sensation: the single-shot thriller bringing time-travel into the Zoom era
’Gekimation': Japan takes a post-Ghibli leap into another dimension

Move over, Spidey and Superman: are ‘webtoons’ the future of storytelling?
Inside Korea’s world-conquering cultural revolution
Can Hollywood save the bullet train from terminal decline?
The Japanese director too problematic for Hollywood – but not for Nicolas Cage
How gambling tycoon’s daughter Josie Ho became Hong Kong cinema’s queen of controversy
The Silk Road saga: how a yoga-loving Boy Scout became the most dangerous man on the internet

Fist fights, heroin and broken maracas: The story of the world’s most volatile band

The weird and wonderful world of Japanese model foods

Features/Interviews:
Midnight marathons, plastic spoons and shagging rabbits: an oral history of Prince Charles Cinema
An Oral History of the Old Blue Last
All the South London filming locations you can visit from ‘Rye Lane’
The 20 most mind-blowing stunts in movie history

Reviews:
The 50 Most Beautiful Cinemas in the World
Best TV and streaming shows in 2025 (so far)
The 101 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time
The best TV shows of 2024 (so far) you need to stream
The 101 best TV shows of all time you have to watch
The best Korean movies of all time
The 55 best Japanese movies of all time
The best Italian movies of all time: from ‘Bicycle Thieves’ to ‘The Great Beauty’

Exploring Japan’s Ambient Music Boom of the ’80s and ’90s

John Carroll Kirby on His Five Favorite Japanese Records

Features:
An introduction to Denmark’s underground dream pop scene
Steve Albini: Remembering the pioneering alt-rock producer in his own words
How Shogun’s Tadanobu Asano became Japan’s most loved cult star
Violent Magic Orchestra: the extreme black metal gabber group from Osaka
Gregg Araki tells the story behind Nowhere’s alt-90s film soundtrack
This is How the World Ends: the story behind Gregg Araki’s lost TV pilot
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, the offbeat 90s Japanese crime classic
The story of Go, the Japanese Romeo and Juliet that challenged Y2K racism
This surreal new film brings Murakami’s short stories to life
Sogo Ishii on his Y2K cyberpunk classic, Electric Dragon 80,000v
‘The worst film ever’: the story behind Nukie, the forgotten ET knock-off
Remembering Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Yukihiro Takahashi, in his own words
In 2022, Korean culture cemented its place in the mainstream
The story behind this lost 1980s Chinese animation
Two of Japan’s weirdest comedies have arrived in the UK
How Sogo Ishii became the godfather of Japanese cyberpunk cinema
Cyberpunk icon Shinya Tsukamoto on his black sheep horror Hiruko the Goblin
In The Mood For Love: A guide to Wong Kar-wai’s dreamy masterpiece
A Tale of Two Sisters: South Korea’s touchstone psychological horror film
Beasts Clawing at Straws: the wild Korean thriller for fans of Parasite
Tezuka’s Barbara: the ‘un-filmable’ erotic fantasy from Japan’s Walt Disney
Over The Edge: exploring the Gen X touchstone and Kurt Cobain’s fave film
The 90s Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film connecting Blade Runner to The Matrix
How Japan’s 90s teen delinquency crisis inspired a wave of killer movies
A guide to Japanese cyberpunk cinema with three of its visionary directors
Revisiting the Velvet Underground reunion album written for Andy Warhol
Joe Hisaishi: the genius composer who gave Studio Ghibli its sound

Reviews/Lists:
6 films that defined Hong Kong’s 80s new wave movement
A guide to Soi Cheang, enfant terrible of contemporary Hong Kong cinema
An introduction to Japan’s Roman Porno cinema in 5 films
A guide to Shinji Somai, the forgotten master of 80s Japanese cinema
7 twisted Japanese horrors to watch this Halloween
Where to start with the female-focused body horror revival
7 sordid sex films to watch this Valentine’s Day
The best East Asian films of 2023
The hallucinogenic cinema of Japan: 7 cult films to watch now
7 queer east Asian movies you need to watch now
5 films that launched Korea’s 90s Hallyu wave
The cult films of Japan’s legendary 80s production house, Directors Company
An introduction to OG Nintendo super-composer Koji Kondo
Sex, cyborgs and videotape: an introduction to Japanese V-cinema
An introduction to unsung 90s indie cinema icon, Masatoshi Nagase
An introduction to Ryuichi Sakamoto in six albums
Remembering Leslie Cheung in seven unforgettable films
6 disturbing Christmas films for people who were bad this year
5 forgotten horror sequels that deserve re-evaluation
9 highlights from this year’s London East Asia Film Festival
The mind-bending world of Japanese time travel films
Five classic anime films you probably haven’t seen
Six women filmmakers from the Far East that you need to know
Lost Highway at 25: the best musical moments from David Lynch’s horror
Sex, zombies, and guitars: why Japan is king at making mad music films
How films about filmmaking are revolutionising Japanese cinema
Five international films pushing animation forward in 2021
Meet the ‘David Lynch of Thailand’ and his queer, surrealist cinema
10 rejected James Bond themes by surprisingly great artists
The relentless cinema of Takashi Miike: 10 films to watch after First Love
Welcome to Hallyuwood: 10 South Korean films to watch after Parasite

Features:
Wing Shya, the Sensual Stills Photographer Behind Wong Kar-wai’s Films
How Japan’s “Heartbreakingly Beautiful” Loos Inspired Wim Wenders’ New Film
Return to Seoul: One of the Year’s Most Striking Arthouse Films
Hirokazu Kore-Eda on Broker, His Heartfelt Film About Baby Traffickers
Why Infernal Affairs Is Still Hong Kong’s Greatest Crime Saga
Bōsōzoku: The Rebellious Film Legacy of Japan’s Unruly Biker Gangs
Sean Nicholas Savage: “I Lost a Big Piece of Myself, I’m Still Recovering”
Inside an Elusive Chronicle of Tilda Swinton’s New Film, Memoria
Director Michel Franco on His Brutal Class War Thriller, New Order
Christopher Abbott on Portraying an Anguished Killer in Possessor

Reviews/Lists:
A Guide to the Films of Luminous Hong Kong Actress Maggie Cheung
A Guide to the Quiet, Low-Budget Cinema of Korea’s Hong Sang-soo
Brilliant Places to Eat in New Malden, London’s Koreatown
Six Disturbing Cult Films to Watch in London This Month
Seven Highlights From the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
Nine Great Films to See at London East Asia Film Festival 2023
The Best Films to Watch at BFI London Film Festival 2023
Brilliant Things to Do in Seoul
A Guide to the Masterworks of New Taiwanese Cinema
A Guide to Yasujirō Ozu, Japan’s Master of the Domestic Drama
A Guide to the Totally F*cked up Cinema of Gregg Araki
So You Want to Get Into Dario Argento, the Italian Master of Horror
A Brief Introduction to the Mind-Altering Cinema of Sogo Ishii
The Hong Kong Films That Made Michelle Yeoh an Icon
Seven Highlights From the UK’s Best Festival of Japanese Cinema
Celebrating Cinema’s Tastiest On-Screen Food Moments
12 East Asian Films That Defined 2022
A Guide to the Quiet, Low-Budget Cinema of Korea’s Hong Sang-soo
Great Things to Watch at This Year’s BFI London Film Festival
Foxy, Fierce and Fearless: The Films of Blaxploitation Icon Pam Grier
Why Japanese Director Kinuyo Tanaka’s Films Are Criminally Overlooked
A Brief Guide to Jia Zhangke, China’s Master of Social Realist Film
A Guide to the Intricate Cinema of Hong Kong’s Crime Auteur Johnnie To
A Brief Guide to the Tragic, Novelistic Cinema of Lee Chang-dong
Chinese Odyssey: Highlights From the UK’s Biggest Chinese Film Festival
Politics and Protest: Five Highlights from the Hong Kong Film Festival UK
Midnight, the Subversive Korean Horror Putting Deafness Front and Centre
An Introduction to Japan’s Visceral Cyberpunk Cinema in Five Cult Films
Five Transcendent Films to Watch by Oscar Nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Dark Minds: Seven Highlights From the Japan Foundation’s Film Festival
Seven Classic Films to Watch Over Chinese New Year
The Psychedelic Cinema of Japanese Auteur, Nobuhiko Obayashi
Five Unmissable Films From the Japanese New Wave Movement
An Introduction to Edward Yang, the Soulful Master of Taiwanese Cinema
LKFF: Eight of the Best South Korean Films To Watch Now
Five J-Horror Classics You Need to Watch This Halloween
Don’t Miss: 13 Rare East Asian Classics to Catch In The Cinema This Month
Exploring the Films of Japan’s Lost Cult Filmmaker Toshiaki Toyoda
A Guide to the 90s ‘Golden Age’ of Black Cinema
Four Essential Queer Films from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea
A Guide to Hong Kong’s Mind-Blowing ‘Category III’ Video Nasties
An Introduction to the Chameleonic Cinema of Kim Jee-woon
A Guide to Hou Hsiao-Hsien, the Most Cherished Auteur of Taiwanese Cinema
Exploring the Crime Cinema Renaissance of Post-Handover Hong Kong
Five Dystopian Films That Warn of Nightmarish Near-Futures
The Erotic Cinema of Japan in Five Boundary-Pushing Films
The Five Most Sensuous Dramas From Wong Kar-wai
Five Park Chan-Wook Films That Chart South Korea’s Filmmaking Revolution
Five Cult Classics of Australian New Wave Cinema
An Introduction to Tadanobu Asano, Japan’s Ice-Cool ‘King of the Indies’
An Introduction to the Gentle, Human Cinema of Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Five Best Films by Cinema’s “Master of Horror” Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Five Controversial Arthouse Features from Japanese Filmmaker Sion Sono
Five of Nick Cave’s Most Sublime Live Performances
Five Must-See Nihilistic Crime Dramas by Takeshi Kitano
A Guide to Shinya Tsukamoto, Japan’s Greatest Cult Filmmaker

Features:
Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron: a master’s final masterpiece?
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on Decision To Leave: this year’s Korean mystery must-see
Lee Min-ho and Kim Min-ha on Pachinko’s intensive filmmaking
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi on the Oscars and Japanese cinema
Why Netflix’s new zombie show will be the next Korean mega-hit
How South Korean TV took over the world
How South Korea’s Hallyuwood is taking the world by storm
Kim Jee-woon on Dr Brain: The gruesome new series that could be the next Squid Game
The women behind British horror Censor dissect its bloody chills
How an animated Filipino series became Netflix’s surprise hit of the year
How Demon Slayer became a box-office major player
Brandon Cronenberg on his nightmarish new sci-fi flick Possessor
Is it a series? Is it a film? Or is it the golden age of east Asian TV?
A guide to Berlin with Berghain’s Sven Marqhuardt
A guide to Lisbon with Violet
IDLES x Kenny Beats: “We needed to add some punch”
Zombie nation: South Korea and the new wave of zombie movies

Reviews/Lists:
Seven highlights from the UK’s biggest celebration of Japanese cinema
The best Korean cinema to sink your teeth into this month
Five time warp films to watch after Everything Everywhere All At Once
What to watch: the best anime on Netflix in 2022
Eight Japanese films to watch after Drive My Car
How Thailand mastered supernatural horror films
Squid Game: survive or die, then binge these
These are the East Asian films vying to be the Parasite of 2021

Features:
Pink films: the sexual revolution of Japanese cinema
20 years of Dogtown and Z-Boys: “It documented a revolution.”
All Grown Up: Chloe Sevigny and Leo Fitzpatrick on 25 Years of
Larry Clark’s ‘Kids’

Reviews/Lists:
How to get into... Todd Haynes movies
7 essential queer films from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Cambodia
How to get into… the avant-garde films of the Japanese New Wave
7 essential Korean films you need to watch
5 Haruki Murakami adaptations you need to watch
8 Korean arthouse films to watch this year
How to get into… Junji Ito manga
Six vital films exploring working class masculinity
6 East Asian films gunning for Oscars glory in 2022
The explicit films of South Korean director Im Sang-soo

Rebel With a Cause: Toshiaki Toyoda

‘I watched the film crash and burn at the box office’ – Jang Joon-hwan on Save The Green Planet!
How Chungking Express brought dream pop to Hong Kong
How Takeshi Kitano went from comedian to crime auteur
How V-Cinema sparked a Japanese filmmaking revolution
Why now is the perfect time to watch Goodbye, Dragon Inn
The action-horror hybrid that took Asia Extreme to a whole new level
Meiko Kaji: The original action hero of Japanese cinema
Away

Bong on Bong: the Mickey 17 and Parasite director looks back on his career

Blu-ray releases:
An introduction to Ryuichi Sakamoto [release TBC]
An introduction to Akira Ifukube [release TBC]
The Road to V-Cinema: Joe Shishido and Show Aikawa [included on the V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal Blu-ray box set]

Web articles:
Hellraiser’s Haunted Shooting Location: The Dark History of Dollis Hill
The Genre-Hopping Cinema of Yasuzō Masumura
Yūsaku Matsuda: Game-Changing Maverick
The Street Fighter and the nasty world of Japanese ultra-violence
From Bertolucci to Brian de Palma – the great scores of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japan’s great directors and their unique visions of war
Five decades of juvenile delinquency cinema in Japan
The Brotherhood of Satan and eight other crazy cults on film
Kaiju Battle Royale: Who is Japan’s Most Formidable Giant Monster?
Eight unlikely adventures of the Japanese salaryman
Battle Royale: the sum of all conflicts
Snake Girls, Spirals and Slit-Mouthed Killers: a History of Twisted Manga Adaptions
How Teruo Ishii Became Japan’s Ero Guro King
Sympathy For North Korea
Forty Years Of Found Footage

Diamond Yukai: Tokyo Pop Star [included on ‘Tokyo Pop’ Blu-ray]
An introduction to composer Toshiyuki Honda [included on ‘Mermaid Legend’ Blu-ray]
The Crazy Family: Sogo Ishii’s Wild Child [included on ‘The Crazy Family’ Blu-ray]
Episode 18 - Music in Film with James Balmont [Third Window Films podcast]

The legacy of V-Cinema [featured on Kensuke Sonomura: Hydra/Bad City Blu-ray box set]

The deranged stop-motion sci-fi that's taken decades to make
Meet the Korean cinematographer everyone wants to work with

The 1989 Japanese B-Movie That Inspired Survival Horror Gaming

PROGRAMME NOTE: Extro
PROGRAMME NOTE: Miyamoto

Welcome To Hallyuwood: Bong Joon-Ho’s Shorts And The Korean New Wave
Lights Off: How La Haine Destroyed The Picture Of Postcard Paris
Run Dangan Run: How Japan Paved The Way For ‘Run Lola Run’

For Marshall’s ‘60 Years of Loud’ project I was responsible for researching, writing and editing over 40 pages worth of blog posts exploring the brand’s history and global cultural influence from the ‘60s to the present day.

Features:
ON THE RECORD: “GOING TO GIGS ON YOUR OWN IS EMPOWERING. IT’S LIBERATING. IT BREEDS CONFIDENCE.”
ALIVE & KICKING: PARQUET COURTS
GIRL TO THE FRONT: PALE WAVES
CLASS OF 2021: BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
KATY J PEARSON: “I AM THE LEADER OF THE NEW COUNTRY SCENE!”
BOY MEETS WORLD: BOY PABLO
ALBUMS OF 2020: DREAM WIFE
GOOD VIBRATIONS: THE MAGIC GANG
MYSTERIOUS VISIONS: SORRY
PLACE YOUR BETS: SPORTS TEAM
YOUTH IN REVOLT: GLASS ANIMALS
INDIE MUSIC’S BIZARREST NEW BUNCH: FEET
DEEP DIIV
A BRIEF LOOK INTO… BLACK MIDI’S ‘SCHLAGENHEIM’
CATE LE BON TALKS ‘REWARD’: “MUSIC BECAME MY CATHARTIC OUTLET AT NIGHT”
THE WEIRDOS ARE TAKING OVER: SURFBORT AND VIAGRA BOYS
THE LIFE AQUATIC: SQUID
GETTING CHATTY WITH TALK SHOW
THE FLAMING LIPS INTERVIEWED BY SWIM DEEP

Reviews:
Mark Lanegan Tribute Concert: Josh Homme, Dave Gahan, Alison Mosshart and more lead a magical tribute
BIG THIEF, HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, LONDON
PIXIES, ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON
SPIRITUALIZED, HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, LONDON
SUNFLOWER BEAN, KOKO, LONDON
BLACK HONEY, OMEARA, LONDON
CHILDHOOD, OSLO, LONDON
SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2014
YEARS & YEARS, VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON
GOAT, ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON
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The Smile live in London: Radiohead side project prove they’re human after all
Drug Store Romeos: Fleet trio’s ethereal space-pop combats suburban tedium
Strawberry Guy: TikTok-conquering songwriter with joyful, retro charm
Deep In Vogue: 30 Years of ‘Paris Is Burning’
Gabriels – ‘Bloodline’ EP review: an increasingly captivating project
Gabriels live in London: the buzzed-about outfit live up to the hype
Drug Store Romeos – ‘The World Within Our Bedrooms’ review: a hazy anthology of dozing micro-pop ditties
Radar New Act Of The Week: Gilligan Moss Interviewed
Hinds (aka Deers) Interviewed: ‘Our Motto Is ‘Our Shit, Our Rules”
New Band Of The Week – Kid Wave Sound Like Lush On Diazepam

I’m New Here reinvented Gil Scott-Heron for the 21st century
Ennio Morricone – Mixed by James Balmont
FABIO FRIZZI: Union Chapel, London | October 31st
FAT WHITE FAMILY: The Lexington, London | March 27th
DIIV / MAC DEMARCO: The Deaf Institute, Manchester | November 20th
THE SOFT PACK: The Soup Kitchen, Manchester | January 25th
OUTER LIMITS RECORDINGS: SINGLES, DEMOS AND RARITIES (2007-2010)
PSYCHIC ILLS: ONE TRACK MIND
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA: II
FLAMINGODS: Wahlbar, Manchester
LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE: Chambers
FOXYGEN: WE ARE THE 21st CENTURY AMBASSADORS OF PEACE & MAGIC
YUCK: GLOW & BEHOLD
BLACK LIPS: Underneath The Rainbow
DEAD GAZE: DEAD GAZE
HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE: Ruthless Sperm
FAT WHITE FAMILY: CHAMPAGNE HOLOCAUST

Meet Sinead O’Brien: the post-punk poet ensuring that Irish music stays in vogue
A Hero's Death: Ireland's Prodigal sons Fontaines DC discuss their hotly awaited second album
Meet Australia's Queen of Hip Hop: Tkay Maidza
Meiko Kaji: The original action hero of Japanese cinema