Metropolis
Metropolis is Japan's No. 1 English magazine, covering the nation's culture, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle for both local residents and aficionados abroad.
Melancholia
Inaccessible yet compulsively watchable filmmaker + disaster genre
Thriller Night
Unearthing the other side of cinema
The Unforgettable Fire
Photographer Paule Saviano finds a light that shines in the eyes of survivors
February 15, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012 Blazing Torches at [...]
February 15, 2012
This week’s required reading
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Cathartic, illuminating and honestly (mostly) moving
Yokoso Kyogen
Manzo Nomura and Thane Camus bring “mad words” to the barbarians
Sourced
The taste of Shikoku
February 14, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012 A monkey bathes [...]
Kitsutsuki to Ame
Treads a fine line between sweet and saccharine
Internet Art Future
Artistic possibilities enabled by new connectivity
The Tournament
Bright spot a drunken priest
Capacity of the Queen
Oddly driving the impure, mythical world’s fragments
Still/Life
Qudus Onikeku on what turns man into a monster
Ubik Meets Jah-Light
Jamaican dub exerts its influence
The Ledge
Preposterous predicament
The Rapture
Leaning towards spiritual themes
Tezuka
The lord of manga meets a don of contemporary dance
February 13, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012 The sun sets [...]
Eleven 2nd Anniversary
The storied club’s second coming—with a dash of techno and side of jazz
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The book’s still better
Dothack: Sekai no mukou ni
A guide to what 3-D animation will look like in the future