<div>Dear Bruce,</div>
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<div>I already promoted a site called Firecracker to the list for its marvellous new initiative of broadcasting Asian films over the net, but it has to be said that the reviews are generally of a high standard, especially ones written by the editors Nick North and Erika Franklin and, dare i say it, some of mine aren't so bad (though a bit long). The site aims at exposing wider audiences to Asian film and so is quite hip, which may appeal to your students. It also has a very good international perspective, with commenters based in places like Bangkok and Manila regularly giving fresh insights. They also seem to be the only place that is really promoting Malaysian and Filipino independent filmmaking, which is very interesting. The only problem is the site has recently been redesigned and so the reviews are not catalogued in the most intuitive way just
yet.The address is <a href="http://www.firecracker-media.com">www.firecracker-media.com</a></div>
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<div>Franco, this might be one for your database too. Is it possible for me to see your site, i'm always looking for good reviews myself and it would be interesting to see what you've come up with.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Dean<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 24/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Grilli</b> <<a href="mailto:grilli@us-japan.org">grilli@us-japan.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Yes, Jim Hoberman is terrific, too.<br>But unfortunately I don't see the Village Voice very often these days.
<br><br>Peter<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">
owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>]On Behalf Of Aaron<br>Gerow<br>Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 3:45 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>Subject: Re: Well-written Movie Reviews of Chinese and Japanese Cinema
<br><br><br>I would second Peter's recommendation of Dave Kehr. It is hard to teach<br>film reviewing because there are many different "schools." My profs<br>included people who wrote for the Village Voice and the NYT, so I
<br>tended to follow those publications, even if some of my colleagues were<br>Kael fans. But I grew up on the Chicago Reader (thus Kehr), so I would<br>now probably recommend Jonathan Rosenbaum (Reader) and J. Hoberman<br>
(Voice), both of whom write well and review a lot of Japanese films.<br><br>Aaron Gerow<br>Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>Yale University<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>
-- <br>Dean Bowman<br>Critic on Asian Cinema<br><a href="http://www.asia-the-invincible.blogspot.com">www.asia-the-invincible.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://www.midnighteye.com">www.midnighteye.com</a><br><a href="http://www.firecracker-media.com">
www.firecracker-media.com</a>