• Lost past found again in summer
    by Mark Schilling, June 29, 1999

  • Documenting a journey to the truth
    by Mark Schilling, July 13, 1999

  • Lotus Sutra gets rhythm on Ono's 'Gyo'
    by Sara Harris, July 20, 1999

  • Aoyama offers a stiff little mystery
    by Mark Schilling, August 17, 1999

  • Japan celebrates new year free of major Y2K problems
    December 31, 1999

  • A look back at the best of Japanese film in '99
    by Mark Schilling, January 9, 2000

  • Enemy of the corporate state
    by Mark Thompson, February 9, 2000

  • Take next exit for the Zeitgeist
    by Mark Schilling, February 22, 2000

  • A trance dance of love and death
    by Mark Schilling, March 7, 2000

  • Lessons learned from the master
    by Mark Schilling, April 11, 2000

  • Real characters, made in Japan
    by Eric Johnston, June 30, 2000

  • Pia Film Festival screens gems from recent Japanese cinema
    July 15, 2000

  • Educational TV: PTA knows best?
    by Philip Brasor, September 7, 2000

  • Accounting practices blamed for slump in Japanese films
    by Kakumi Kobayashi, October 13, 2000

  • The coalition loads the dice
    by Minoru Tada, October 27, 2000

  • Ogre mothers-in-law and other interesting people
    by Kaori Shoji, November 10, 2000

  • Showcasing Asian independent film
    November 14, 2000

  • From here to paradise: Asian film in Hawaii
    by Mark Schilling, November 26, 2000

  • I was a fake juvenile delinquent
    by Mark Schilling, December 19, 2000

  • FILMeX gets it right on first take
    by Giovanni Fazio, December 30, 2000

  • Japan's designers refuse compromise
    by Chris Cook, February 16, 2001

  • He ain't heavy, he's Beat Takeshi. And he likes real handguns.
    by Giovanni Fazio, about Brother with comments by Jeremy Thomas, Kitano Takeshi and Omar Epps, February 20, 2001

  • Hollywood cliches without the thrills
    by Mark Schilling, February 20, 2001

  • Let us now praise famous men's mothers
    April 1, 2001

  • Schilling reels in a decade of film
    Pierre Fuller reviews Mark Schilling's "Contemporary Japanese Film", April 1, 2001

  • And the Gold Disc goes to... well, what did you expect?
    by Steve McClure, April 4, 2001

  • The genius boy in a bubble
    by Mark Schilling, April 4, 2001

  • Cinema Italiano paradiso
    by Rob Gilhooly, April 29, 2001

  • A true master in our midst
    Mark Schilling reviews Tokyo Marigold, May 16, 2001

  • Bridging the gap
    Mark Schilling reviews Ichiban Utsukushii Natsu, August 22, 2001

  • Just please don't ask 'why?'
    by Mark Schilling, August 22, 2001

  • Dogs and penguins and affairs, oh my!
    August 26, 2001

  • Epiphany in a puddle
    Mark Schilling and Mamiko Kawamoto interviews Katsuyoshi Kumakiri, October 3, 2001

  • The comfort of strangers
    Mark Schilling reviews Sora no Anna, October 3, 2001

  • Composer plays musical chairs
    Mark Schilling reviews Jô Hisaishi's Quartet, October 10, 2001

  • TIFF take 14
    by Giovanni Fazio, October 24, 2001

  • Oh, those meddling grandmothers
    October 28, 2001

  • And that's all she wrote, folks
    November 4, 2001

  • 'Kohaku': the best, or just best behaved?
    by Philip Brasor, December 30, 2001

  • Skeptics searching for super powers
    by Philip Brasor, January 13, 2002

  • I want my DVD: The word is out on the small screen
    by Donald Richie, February 24, 2002

  • The suspense is just killing them
    February 24, 2002

  • Is a deadly disease being exported from Japan?
    by Mark Schreiber, March 24, 2002 [Yomiuri Weekly, March 31]

  • Time features living Asian heroes
    April 24, 2002

  • Hear the one about the Japanese comedian?
    by Philip Brasor, June 30, 2002

  • Japan's former foreign stars - Where are they now?
    by Marty Kuehnert, July 26, 2002

  • Not quite ready for the big league
    Mark Schilling reviews Play Ball, July 31, 2002

  • Takeshi Kitano has taught you well
    Mark Schilling reviews Chicken Heart, August 7, 2002

  • There's two sides to every story . . .
    August 18, 2002

  • The man who holds the purse strings
    August 25, 2002

  • The pros and cons of character typing
    September 1, 2002

  • The 21st-century Yujiro Ishihara's brother
    September 8, 2002

  • Tsukamoto wins award in Venice
    September 10, 2002

  • Just stick it in cruise control
    Mark Schilling reviews Drive, September 18, 2002

  • Fate's puppets on a string
    Mark Schilling reviews Dolls, October 2, 2002

  • Dear old dads star in series, specials
    October 13, 2002

  • Clueing in on death, crime and happiness
    November 10, 2002

  • Meet a pianist and 'genius' chimpanzee on a poll-to-Pole journey
    November 3, 2002

  • Seeing the big picture in Pusan
    by Philip Brasor, November 27, 2002

  • A simple life in the big house
    Mark Schilling reviews Keimusho no Naka, December 18, 2002

  • New kids on the lot
    by Mark Schilling, January 1, 2003

  • Staging stellar shows at bargain prices
    January 5, 2003

  • A different sort of Japanese hero
    Mark Schilling reviews T.R.Y., January 8, 2003

  • Beat Takeshi named as 'ideal boss'
    April 19, 2003

  • Every Step you take
    June 8, 2003

  • Those were the days
    June 29, 2003

  • Love and loss in old Japan
    Mark Schilling review Shara Soju, July 16, 2003

  • Kitano's 'Zatoichi' Venice-bound
    August 2, 2003

  • Keeping abreast of the boob tube's favorite idols
    by Philip Brasor, August 24, 2003

  • Kitano wins film festival award
    September 5, 2003

  • No beating this hero
    Mark Schilling reviews Zatoichi, September 17, 2003

  • The gangsters that just keep coming back
    Donald Richie reviews Mark Schilling's "The Yakuza Movie Book", October 19, 2003

  • There comes a swordsman
    Mark Schilling reviews Sky High, November 5, 2003 

  • When in doubt, just keep on walking
    Mark Schilling reviews Kofuku no Kane, November 26, 2003 

  • Channel Surf
    November 30, 2003

  • Rewinding 2003's top films
    Giovanni Fazio and Mark Schilling names their top 10 best films of 2003, December 24, 2003

  • Jong gets the gong in 2003 media awards
    by Philip Brasor, January 4, 2004

  • Channel Surf
    February 1, 2004

  • Channel Surf
    February 15, 2004

  • Asahara a social fiend or doting guru?
    by Hiroshi Matsubara, February 25, 2004

  • Personality Profile
    by Vivienne Kendrick, February 28, 2004

  • Violence and swordplay in wild, wild Edo
    by Mark Schilling reviews Izo, August 18, 2004

  • Tenuous but important movie links
    Donald Richie reviews "The Cinema of Japan and Korea", August 29, 2004

  • 9/11 conspiracy theories enthrall Japanese audiences
    by Philip Brasor, September 19, 2004

  • Portrait of the patriarch as a monster
    Mark Schilling reviews Chi to Hone, October 27, 2004

  • Gotta have taste
    Mark Schilling about the FilmEX selection, November 10, 2004

  • Kitano to teach filmmaking course
    December 3, 2004

  • Final warning: The horror of horrors medical TV show
    by Philip Brasor, December 19, 2004

  • Buy local produce
    by Mark Schilling, December 29, 2004

  • Japan makes great genres, but . . .
    Donald Richie reviews "The Midnight eye guide to new Japanese film", February 13, 2005

  • Focusing the lens on an enduring enfant terrible
    Kaori Shuji reviews Arakimentari, March 9, 2005

  • A trip through cloud-Kudo-land
    Mark Schilling reviews Mayonaka no Yajisan Kitasan, April 13, 2005

  • Dragging kabuki onto the screen
    Mark Schilling reviews Ashura-jo no Hitomi, April 13, 2005

  • Poll finds over 40% would turn to parents in a crisis
    June 18, 2005

  • Kitano beats his own drum
    Mark Schilling reviews Takeshis', November 18, 2005

  • Filmmaker, writer, little boy
    Review of "Boy".