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As Russia moves into Ukraine, it seems that Ai Weiwei's description of the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 seems an appropriate readi...

 We keep hearing that Biden has ended the US's longest war.  Technically that's true, but also technically, the Korean War isn't...

 I can't believe there are still five narrative features I haven't seen yet.  Or that I'm writing about two obscure films instea...

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial is a short drive from here.  A friend from Anchorage who is also in Seattle visiting...

For something a little different today. Sunday's Anchorage Daily News classified section included a bunch of long ads for: 1.   Sal...

We ended up at the Japanese Garden after dropping off our grandson at his pre-school.  Our timing was great - as we walked in Mary Ann Prove...

A post on the Earth Null School has suddenly started getting lots of hits from people in Korea.  So I decided to see if I could figure out ...

There are several posts I should have done (and still should do) on the impact of Netflix on my movie viewing.  Succinctly - we've spent...

We did an early morning visit with our grandson to the Japanese garden in Golden Gate Park .  A wonderful time to visit - early morning sun...

An April 24, 2017 article in The Intercept covers various instances of surveillance work related to Japan, based on reports they say they ...

Yesterday we got in some beach time before it started raining again.  We did then go across to the  Bainbridge Island Japanese Exclusion Me...

That's from an editorial in the Japan Times as reported in ICEF Monitor , in reaction to the Japanese government's call for "...

Tan and Toyami at AIFF 2015 Gala Awards Special Directors award to Shoji Toyami  and Shuichi Tan  of Magic Utopia.   King Tan...

Already posted Part 1 for Saturday,   Here's Part 2, and a reminder - no Festival movies at the Bear Tooth today, but there are film...

Everything except the After School Special and the Quick Freeze (which are more like local contests) is in competition.   Circus Without Bor...

I'd seen the trailers for this enough that I was getting a bit jaded, but I had high hopes for this film.  What could go wrong?  People ...

Interesting, strange characters in a small dying (dead?) town in rural Turkey.  Beautiful shots.  And the end left me, and apparently others...

AIFF 2015: Documentaries In Competition  The Documentaries have been one of the strongest parts of the Anchorage International Film Fes...