Everything is a Remix
If you’ve not already come across it, ‘Everything is a Remix‘ is an ambitious four-part documentary on the history and cultural significance of sampling and collaborative…
Read articleRecreating Ghost in Hong Kong
When film director Mamoru Oshii was looking for a model of the city of the future for his seminal 1995 animated film adaptation of Ghost in…
Read articleShanghai in Motion
Around the time of the Shanghai World Expo last year the Rhône-Alpes region of France produced a wonderful series of short films about their twin city. I…
Read article5 Unique Japanese Artists
It’s been a while since we last visited the more unusual side of Japan but today I thought I might share with you a few more…
Read articleVirgin Atlantic vs. Cathay Pacific
Recently both Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific airways have been running some cool ads on TV trying to differentiate their brands and introduce new products. Interestingly,…
Read articleThe Screen Traveller: 1930′s Hong Kong
Below is a wonderful film providing a tour of colonial Hong Kong in 1938 when the city was still under British colonial rule. It was shot by the…
Read article1 in a Billion: China’s Human Flesh Search
A friend of mine, Cai Qing, was recently in Chaoyang Park (Beijing) when she noticed a group was holding open auditions for a part in an…
Read articleInception Timeline Visualisation
Last night I finally saw Inception in the cinema (it only came out this week in China). Like most people I was blow away by the…
Read articleBloodthirsty Catholics
I’ve not done a film review in a long time and to be honest I’ve not managed to keep up with Asian Cinema as much as I used…
Read articleWhich Video Platform?
Now that I’m starting to create short videos with my new LX3 the time has come to decide which video platform to host them on. There…
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