Articles Tagged Japanese cinema

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – March 10th

In this week’s edition of Plato’s Cave the team review Tracks, Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia and The Wind Rises, plus we briefly discuss the animation work of Studio Ghibli. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah, Cerise Howard and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – March 10th Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: 3RRR Breakfasters – August 1st

This week I filled in for film critic (and fellow Plato’s Cave co-host) Thomas Caldwell on the Triple R Breakfasters show to review the James Mangold directed The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. 3RRR Breakfasters-The Wolverine (.MP3)

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – July 2nd

In this episode of Plato’s Cave the team discuss the recent Australian release Satellite Boy, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Toshiya Fujita’s classic Lady Snowblood (DVD). With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – July 2nd Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective

There’s a term that film critics often use to describe a work that captures and magnifies some enduring characteristic of our population: the ‘human condition’. It’s an overarching term with various existential connotations, one that’s too often applied as a kind of linguistic ‘get out of jail free’ card when confronted with imagery at once […]