Shunji Iwai’s internet age drama

Shunji Iwai’s internet age drama

(Credits: Far Out / Rockwell Eyes) Tue 23 April 2024 22:30, UK Around the turn of the new millennium came the arrival of Web 2.0, whereby internet use became defined by its individual-generated content and participatory culture. The internet is part of our everyday lives today, but at the beginning of the 2000s, it was …

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Kyrie movie review: confusing Shunji Iwai music drama starring Japanese singer Aina the End will leave many frustrated

Kyrie movie review: confusing Shunji Iwai music drama starring Japanese singer Aina the End will leave many frustrated

2/5 stars Japanese singer Aina the End lands the lead role in director Shunji Iwai’s latest drama, as a traumatised musician navigating the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast of the country’s main island, Honshu. Based on Iwai’s own novel, Kyrie is an effective showcase for the former Bish …

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