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Author: Tom Vick

Tom Vick is curator of film at the Freer and Sackler and the author of "Time and Place are Nonsense: The Films of Seijun Suzuki and Asian Cinema: A Field Guide."
Close up of Ruan Lingyu in the black and white silent film The Goddess, her hand is curled near her face and she stares off screen
September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Ruan Lingyu: The Goddess of Chinese Silent Cinema

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Chinese Cinema, film, music, Silent Cinema, Silent Film
A group of four women smiling as they lean against a metal railing and look offscreen
August 1, 2021July 30, 2021

Out of Office Message

Asian Cinema, Asian Filmmakers, film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Japanese cinema, Korean Cinema, Thai Cinema, Turkish Cinema
A figure in orange and pink wearing a crown rides a long-legged, long-necked bird
February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum

Amit Dutta, Asian Film, film, film series, Indian Cinema, Indian Film
Film still from "In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain", a desolate landscape with groups of military and workers digging holes in the desert
November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Asian Futurisms and Speculative Fictions

Asian Film, film series, futurism, sci-fi, science fiction
A couple standing on a hilltop and embracing, they are silhouetted in front of an orange sun rising or setting.
September 17, 2020September 14, 2020

Take a Chance on Japan

Asian Cinema, cinema, documentaries, film, film festival, Japan, Japanese cinema, Japanese film
July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

The Art of Action: 25 Years of Hong Kong Fight Scenes

Action Films, Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Virtual Film Festival
A still image from the Thai film "Uncle Boonmee". There are three figures seated at a dining table set with food. One diner faces away from the viewer. The other diner is a man with dark hair in an orange and yellow tee shirt. He is facing the third figure, at left, a ghostly apparition of a woman.
June 19, 2020

What is Thai Cinema?

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Thai Cinema, Thailand
A man and woman standing close together looking into the distance in the foreground. The man holds an open fan at the waist.
May 20, 2020

Korean Cinema: Before the Wave

Asian Cinema, Films, Korean Film, Korean Film Festival DC, Virtual Film Festival
May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Korean Cinema: The Golden Age

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Movies in the Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms

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