Week 52: A Genre Onto Itself

I want to talk to you about an anime that really changed my views on the world when I was like 6 and again now. Of course, I am talking about none other than the timeless and all-time great “Cowboy Bebop” directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, written…

Week 49: Be Back in a JIFFy

So the only important thing about this week to me was the 16th Annual Jeonju International Film Festival, for which I had the pleasure of attending even the opening ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by 임성민 (Lim Sung-min, former KBS news announcer) and 김동완 (Kim…

A Quaint Town

*Names of sites were not written down in my trip through Tainan, please excuse my ignorance as I work through memory* Day 8 The road to 臺南 (Tainan) involved a lot of slowly elaborated Mandarin and chilling on a bus for God knows how long. What…

Delicate Design

Day 7 After the long day yesterday, could you blame me for waking up a tad later than usual? I thought not. Well, I decided after three days from mountains and natural beauty, it was about time to appreciate man-made art. To the 台北市立美術館 (Taipei Fine…

19th Annual Busan International Film Festival

As promised, I went to the 19회 부산국제영화제 (19th Annual Busan International Film Festival). In short, cinema dopeness. First off, I didn’t get to stay there as long as I wanted due to lack off Cinemaphile tickets, an upcoming midterm, and the fact that I…