Friday, March 23, 2012
'Drive'
Box-office success in store for the fast and the furious
By KAORI SHOJI
'Globalization" has come to have several different connotations, and among them, I would like to suggest that it include a ...
Friday, March 23, 2012
'My Week With Marilyn'
Romancing Hollywood's Blonde Bombshell
By GIOVANNI FAZIO
In his book "Retromania," music critic Simon Reynolds makes the case that pop music/rock has gone distressingly meta, feeding on ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Japan competes for attention at SXSW
By PATRICK ST. MICHEL
On the afternoon of the South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference And Festival's second day, I sat on a shuttle bus with eight people who had been hustling between the countless concert venues in this city. True to the its ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cutting-edge art in a tight spot
By C.B. LIDDELL
If you're in the mood for an abstruse, slightly puzzling moment, head to Naka-Meguro, one of Tokyo's acknowledged artistic odd ...
