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  • Designart

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    I’m very happy to see the arrival of the new Designart (“Design & Art”) festival in Tokyo, set to take place for the first time in October of this year. I’m especially happy because among the founders are Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham, who I of course worked with during my last 6 years in…

  • What We Do in the Shadows

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    This is something I’d been meaning to watch for a while, and boy, am I glad I finally did. I’m a big, big fan of Jemaine Clement and pretty much anything he’s involved in, and this is just such a great movie (he co-wrote and directed it with Taika Waititi). The cast is fantastic, and I…

  • Princess Mononoke

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    As I mentioned when I wrote about watching My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke is a movie I just never latched on to — and I often wonder why so many people I know seem to name it as their favorite Miyazaki film. I actually had a chance to watch it in theatres when it was…

  • The Fate of the Furious

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    I really need to stop watching these movies. Then again, the reason I watch them is for the action sequences, and the big chase scene in NYC and then the sub vs. cars on ice thing were pretty thrilling to watch — although I thought the best action sequence overall was the prison break, especially…

  • Games Done Quick T-Shirts for Charity

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    Games Done Quick just kicked off its summer event yesterday, and to help raise money for charity, The Yetee has gotten in on the action and is offering an attractive selection of t-shirts, with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders (and the tees themselves are dirt cheap, at $11 each). I ordered the three pictured…

  • Muji Books

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    Well, since I left Japan, looks like Muji has launched dedicated “Muji Books” sections in some of their stores (pictured, a Muji Books in Shanghai). The big Muji stores — like the flagship Yurakucho one — always had small book sections, but now it looks like we have proper bookstores within their stores. Makes me…

  • My Neighbor Totoro

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    My Neighbor Totoro has always been my favorite Ghibli film, and having just watched it again this morning (for the nth time), it remains my fave. I just love everything about it, from the atmosphere, the depiction of children, the magical surrealness, all weaved around a dead simple (and at times sad) story. Think I’ll…

  • Labyrinth

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    I’m having a hard time deciding how I want to describe watching this movie. I can’t say that I super loved it, but I still think it’s a classic film and it brought back nostalgic feels for just how big Jim Henson’s creations were back in those days — and I’d forgotten that he actually…