No Matter How I Think About It, This Show Is Kind Of Too Close To Home–Watamote
As children, a lot of us didn’t have to think about making friends. It was a natural thing that just happened. However, as the chemicals in us start to change, interaction with other humans starts to require skills. Social skills. To some, these come naturally, but to others, social...
Perfume: Magic of Love and Handy Man
It’s a good few months late, and Ian Martin’s already got his usual snappy and insightful piece down on it, but since it’s finally made it onto my iPod–and since I want to try to update this stupid blog at least three times a month–I figure I’ll share my...
Shortchanged: Short Peace
Two animated features dropped in Japanese theaters this past Saturday: Miyazaki Hayao’s Kaze Tachinu, and Ootomo Katsuhiro’s Short Peace. While normal members of society flocked to theaters nation-wide to see Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, I found myself in a tiny, half-filled theater in Shibuya waiting for Ootomo Katsuhiro’s Short Peace...