<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Be there or be square, eh? ----m<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>MIDNIGHT EYE<br>LATEST UPDATE<br><br><br>INTERVIEW: MASANOBU ANDO<br>With roles in films like Battle Royale and Sukiyaki Western Django, Masanobu Ando has become one of Japan's most visible and daring young actors. His part in Chen Kaige's latest, Forever Enthralled, may well form the start of a prosperous international career.<br><a href="http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/masanobu_ando.shtml">http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/masanobu_ando.shtml</a><br><br><br>BOOK REVIEW: A CRITICAL HANDBOOK OF JAPANESE FILM DIRECTORS<br>Alexander Jacoby's gap-filling reference book spotlights many an unlit corner of Japanese film history.<br><a href="http://www.midnighteye.com/books/a-critical-handbook-of-japanese-film-directors.shtml">http://www.midnighteye.com/books/a-critical-handbook-of-japanese-film-directors.shtml</a><br><br><br>=================================================<br><br><br>Congratulations to the winners of last month's competitions, who have been informed by e-mail. Your copies of Jonathan Clements's book Schoolgirl Milky Crisis and DVDs of Sukiyaki Western Django are on the way. If you didn't win this time, we will be running another competition very soon. Watch this space.<br><br><br>=================================================<br><br><br>Mad Dog Magazine in the UK recently interviewed Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp about Midnight Eye and their various other activities. Check it out at:<br><a href="http://www.maddogmagazine.co.uk/articles/mar9/midnighteye.php">http://www.maddogmagazine.co.uk/articles/mar9/midnighteye.php</a><br><br>Plus, their interview with Jasper Sharp about his widely praised new book Behind the Pink Curtain:<br><a href="http://www.maddogmagazine.co.uk/articles/nov8/pinkcurtain.php">http://www.maddogmagazine.co.uk/articles/nov8/pinkcurtain.php</a> <br><br>For all the latest reviews, info and developments concerning Behind the Pink Curtain, check out the special feature at Midnight Eye:<br><a href="http://www.midnighteye.com/features/behind-the-pink-curtain.shtml">http://www.midnighteye.com/features/behind-the-pink-curtain.shtml</a><br><br><br>=================================================<br><br>Enjoy!<br><br>The Midnight Eye team<br><br>Midnight Eye - for the latest and best in Japanese cinema<br><br><a href="http://www.midnighteye.com/">http://www.midnighteye.com</a><br><br>................................................................<br>This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it. To unsubscribe, go to <a href="http://www.midnighteye.com/">www.midnighteye.com</a> and click the "unsubscribe" button, or contact the owner of the website.<br><br></div></body></html>