“Down in the valley it is already spring Clouds of cherry blossoms; But here, the sluggish eye, the taste of mackerel— The blossoms are melancholy And the flavor of sake

It is the bonds that define Koreeda’s cinema, be they family relationships, emotional conjunctions, connections with the past.In his films there is always something missing, a void waiting to be

The clouds descend onto a village and engulf it for a day. They touch the roof tiles, the beds, the chairs, the carpets, the grass, and the bodies, infecting everything

Contemporary Chinese cinema is full of interesting ideas. The one who, through it, has been able to tell the story of a country that has been affected by profound transformations

Stanley Kwan, one of the leading exponents of the Hong Kong Second New Wave, agreed to answer some questions about his film career and on his personal life. As children