The evolution of Japanese science fiction
Science fiction came to Japan riding on the impulse of western progress and modernization. This genre is able to perfectly articulate the unease and anxiety a society experiences because of technological changes, progress and the loss of tradition and continuity. It finds a home in the Japanese imagination and after the Second World War it becomes not only a source of national pride, but also one of its core export products
Cinema Spring 2014: East Asian Cinema in Lithuania
Today is the first day of the famous international film festival which is held annually in Lithuania – “Kino Pavasaris” (Cinema Spring 2014). The long-lived festival is well known for presenting local cinema lovers with high quality European production …