Articles by Vinita Ramani
Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
Miyazaki Hayao
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Four years after the success of "Mononoke Hime" (otherwise known as "Princess Mononoke"), Japanese animation director Miyazaki has returned...
Battle Royale
Fukasaku Kinji
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Sex and violence in Asian cinema is no anomaly and film goers should not need festival specials or the praise of European and North America...
Avalon
Mamoru Oshii
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Six years after the release of "Ghost in the Shell," Mamoru Oshii's has made a departure from his meditative and intelligent animation work...
Various
The Very Best of Bossa Brava
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Instinct Records has been serving listeners large doses of experiments in bossa nova since 1995, when it began a compilation series to glea...
Fussible
Odyssea
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The Nortec Collective's fascinating musical trajectories continue via Fussible, formed by Pepe Mogt and Jorge Ruiz. The duo (along with Rob...
DJ Dara
Further
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
As commentators have noted, DJ Dara's 2001 effort for Moonshine Records, aptly titled Future Perfect, was a somewhat impenetrable and incre...
Various
Select Cuts From Nation
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
German label Select Cuts is probably better known for its three-volume compilation catalogue of remixed dub and reggae tracks taken from Ma...
Clean
Oliviere Assayas
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
Ambivalence is surrounding Assayas's most recent outtakes, with his last film, Demonlover (2002), garnering lukewarm praise for its attempt...
