A West Bronx community is rising up to combat rampaging traffic - with help from T.A. and the DOT's Traffic Calming Office.
Efforts by the University West Burnside Neighborhood Association are an inspiring model for other communities seeking to fight back against the automobile. About a year ago, the Association's Quality of Life Committee identified speeding and traffic - and the resulting danger and noise - as their biggest problems. They quickly came up with a list of problem locations and hazards.
They sent the list to the Department of Transportation's Bronx Borough Commissioner, James Kilkenny with an invitation to meet and address their concerns. The meeting proved fruitless: the Association's suggestions were rejected and their plea for further study of the dangerous locations ignored.
Rather than give up, the Association shifted into a higher gear. They enlisted the support of Transportation Alternatives and the Bronx Borough President's Safe Routes to School coordinator, Susan Boyle who was working at nearby PS 226. T.A. recommended creating a broader neighborhood coalition to pressure the City. In weeks the Association's call for calmer, safer streets was joined by 10 church, social service and business groups. The Association resubmitted its letter to the DOT, but this time was joined by its new allies. The letter also went to the local City Councilmember, Adolfo Carrion, and State Assemblymember Roberto Ramirez. Just to make sure their urgency and unhappiness was clearly understood, the Association called Kilkenny at the DOT borough office every day.
The pressure paid off. Based on the Safe Routes to School project, a tour of the 16 critical sites was held with the elected officials, DOT's Kilkenny and Michael King, Director of Traffic Calming. By the end of the tour, DOT committed to installing a midblock crossing and six speed humps as well as signal and signage changes. Assemblymember Ramirez committed $40,000 to the crossing and Councilmember Carrion pressed for area-wide traffic calming and reduction.
The role of the DOT Traffic Calming Office in achieving consensus between the community and DOT is worth noting. In case after case, the Traffic Calming group has worked to gain a real understanding of neighborhoods' traffic problems, and then propose solutions. Unfortunately, with a staff of only four and a backlog of over 1200 community requests for help, the group is overwhelmed. The DOT needs to quadruple the office's staff and emulate its consensus-based approach throughout the agency.
If you are part of a community organization that needs help taming traffic, contact T.A. at (212) 629-8080 or the DOT Traffic Calming Group at (212) 442-7881.


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FEATURE: 'Crazy Rich Asians Be Like' – the story behind the internet's latest viral video
Eliza Romero 15 August 2018
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Fan video captures Asian American's enthusiasm for upcoming blockbuster
Crazy Rich Asians. No matter where you stand on its cultural significance, there are droves of Asian American people—like me—who are beyond excited about the film. Do I feel like I'm seeing myself represented in a fun way for the first time? Yep. Is this a big deal to me? Hell yes it is.
And it's a big deal to many of the creative Asian Americans and influencers I know. In fact, last weekend, I was invited to be a part of a short film called Crazy Rich Asians Be Like … by Garrett Taira and Jimmy Pope, collectively known as Krewski.
The film captures the raw energy and sense of fun that so many of us have about the Hollywood release itself, and I sat down with my friend Garrett to talk about what what it means to him.
Eliza Romero: It was such an honor to appear in your short film, "Crazy Rich Asians Be Like…" Now that it's been released, it's getting a lot of traction, especially since the actual movie opens nationwide in the U.S. tomorrow. Can you tell us a little about yourself and why you decided to create this short?
Garrett Taira: I am a Japanese/Chinese American actor, dancer and content creator. When I heard the film version of the novel Crazy Rich Asians was coming out, I actually auditioned for it. I didn't get it, so I thought to myself, it just wasn't the right timing. Even though the movie hadn't yet been released, it really made me feel lucky to be alive and I wanted to take part in this historic moment. I first had the idea to do something for the movie when I was in the hospital for a few months due to a rare medical condition called Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction.
It was just a joke at the time, but months after I got discharged, I brought it up to my creative partner, Jimmy Pope, and he really helped flesh the idea out. Our goal was to portray a very fun, lighthearted, "WE MADE IT!" vibe.
Eliza: Can you tell our readers more about your YouTube channel and Krewski?
Garrett: Jimmy and I work together to produce content for Krewski, a YouTube channel based in Baltimore, Maryland. Krewski is a multicultural team of content creators striving to spread love and fun through comedy. As a crew, we write, produce, dance, direct, and act in comedy sketches and short films. Many of our projects are large scale with no budget, so we tend to collect our friends and throw a party to thank them or at least feed them… but not this time…sorry friends!
Eliza: I love your content! It's so clever how you weave together humor and social commentary. How did you guys meet and end up working together?
Garrett: I met Jimmy after doing an Ellen DeGeneres Dance Dare Video that went viral and was even featured on ELLEN. Later in 2014, Jimmy somehow went viral for dancing in his underwear. Soon after, the Krewski team threw a one-take music video party that I attended and acted in. Jimmy pulled me on the Krewski team later that year.
Eliza: So back to "Crazy Rich Asians Be Like…"
Garrett: Yeah, as we brainstormed ideas, we quickly realized this was going to be a big project, so we scrambled to collect our friends! Luckily, Rich Guy aka "Rich Black Guy", another core member of Krewski, and Jasper Samson from Random Ish came in clutch to help make the cinematic vision a reality. On top of that, you, Danny Nguyen aka Atomic Goofball and other friends and family came out to support our idea.
Eliza: There has been a lot said about how Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed moment for Asian American media representation. What does this moment mean to you?
Garrett: The book and movie, Crazy Rich Asians, means a lot to all of us. It opens a path to new opportunities through representation and breaking old, damaging stereotypes. The idea behind our short film was to promote the idea of a new inclusive way of succeeding.
This video was created in our own neighbourhood. My wish is that everyone takes the jokes lightly while enjoying the comedy, drama, and suspense.
We created this film in hopes that the new movie coming out will help create a new perception of equality for people of all races within the entertainment industry. It's like a rising tide lifting up ALL the boats. Just like Black Panther did to promote a sense of pride in culture, we are all very excited for the upcoming movie Crazy Rich Asians and anticipate many more to come.
Love and positivity have always been a constant with all our friends, family, and team. Living in a world where things are changing for the better everyday how could we not be excited for what's to come.
Be sure to follow Garret on Instagram and Facebook, as well as Krewski on YouTube.
Eliza Romero is a Filipina American style blogger and founder of Aesthetic Distance. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
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Eliza Romero is a Filipino-American style blogger, writer and photographer and the founder of Aesthetic Distance. She has appeared on Buzzfeed News and The New York Post. She is a supporter of We Need Diverse Books, an organization of children's book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. Eliza loves Hello Kitty, Filipino TV shows and rollerskating.
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Compass Cider holds opening this weekend
Josie Sexton
Fort Collins' newest cider house, Compass Cider, will hold a grand opening celebration this weekend at 216 N. College Ave.
The festivities will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday and will last through 6 p.m. Sunday.
Compass opened in February, but owner Bob Blythe called the cidery's first month a "soft opening."
After working out the kinks, he said the grand opening will highlight a completely decorated bar and restaurant, along with eight new ciders and perries, or pear ciders.
The drinks are traditional English and French styles, made in house and on the Western Slope at partnering Blossomwood Cidery, which opened in 2006.
At the new Fort Collins lounge, ciders can be paired for lunch and dinner with small plates from a tasting menu created by chef David Daggett.
Information: www.compasscider.com.


SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA o que fazer, o que visitar, onde ir, onde comer, reserva de hotéis, aeroportos mais próximos, fotos, informação geral, dicas, etc.
San Juan La Laguna is a municipality on the southern shore of Lago de Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala. It consists of the village named San Juan La Laguna and three smaller aldeas (small villages) in the nearby mountain. The population is approximately 95% Tz'utujil. Agriculture is most important for the economy, with the service sector growing, especially as the number of tourists increase. The lowest elevation is the shore of Lago Atitlán at 1,562 metres (5,125 ft).
San Juan La Laguna does not have nearly as many tourists as other towns around the lake, and so it is a much quieter, more relaxed place to stay. As part of the cultural tour on the area, visiting painters on the main street can be founded painting in the naive style with some eagle eye style. Agriculture is most important for the economy, with some organic coffee and organic plantations, and also with the service sector growing, especially as the number of tourists increase.
The Coffee Tour in Atitlan starts with a boat trip to San Pedro la Laguna or San Juan La Laguna, continues with a two hours walk between coffee plantations, enjoying the cherry color with shades of brown compost and trunks.
In the way back we will enjoy the boat trip and relax.
San Pedro Volcano is one of the volcanoes surrounding the beautiful lake Atitlan, with an altitude of 3,020 masl.
Climbing San Pedro Volcano adventure starts in Panajachel (of course we are flexible, if you are located somewhere else, we can go and take you there!), the tranquility early in the morning across the lake surface, its a very relaxing one at 7:00am, once there lets move our back to the adventure! lets climb the San Pedro Volcano.
The climb follows fairly easy trails that pass through corn and coffee fields before becoming steep and very primitive near the summit. There are great views of the lake and many photo opportunities.
Kayaking San Pedro La Laguna to Playa Dorada in San Juan la LagunaThis tour can begin in Panajachel with a boat ride to San Pedro or any other village you are staying at 9:00. In San Pedro kayaking begins heading to Playa Dorada takes about 3 hours. In this route you will have the opportunity to see traditional fishermen in old, wooden kayucos, fishing the ancient way… later, as we get closer, onion plantations, coffee and corn fields will fill the view. Once at the beak you can swim, take a sunbath and relax.. ready to come back? Includes a lunchbox to enjoy.
Lake Atitlan has one of the most spectacular views for Paragliding, to feel like an eagle, fly from the mountain and feel free overlooking the lake, enjoy the amazing adventure flying in the clouds and overlooking the volcanoes.
The tour starts in Panajachel, from there to the launch point at 500mts above the Atitlan lake, feel the adrenaline of an unforgettable experience!
The paragliding adventure is done in tandem flight mode.
Flight time depends on weather conditions, wind speed and angle, with a good weather you can be flying up to 45 minutes like an eagle, with and incredible view of the lake, volcanoes and the entire lake Atitlan! Come and enjoy this incredible adventure!
Included in Paragliding Tour: Experienced and qualified paragliding instructor either a Guatemalan or a Canadian pilot with many years of experience, equipment, transportation and LOTS of excitement.
Lake Atitlan offers two options for Canopy lovers, Atitlan Natural Reserve canopy tour takes you around nature, enjoy our zoo with monkeys, and local fauna, from atop the trees, enjoy the incredible view of Atitlan Lake and volcanoes on a trip to the mountains, nature and canopy -ziplines-, and hamaca bridges.
We invite you to take a walk and enjoy nature, little hike and if you like we can offer you the experience of rapel (rope descent technique) with experienced and qualified guides and the right equipment. Live the adventure of mountaineering in Atitlan!
Lake Atitlan Biking Tour is an adventure designed for Beginners, intermediate or experienced bikers, from a 4 miles paddle to a multi-day biking tour around Lake Atitlan, enjoy the great views of lake atitlan and at the same time the emotion of mountain biking through trails and paths, visiting mayan villages, the living Maya!
Start point for the mountain bike tour is Panajachel, take a boat ride when the waters are calm, bike with a guide along trails, through coffee plantations, local farms and corn and vegetable family plantations, meeting Cackchikel and Tzutujiles and Mayan inhabitants, observing their everyday work, making crafts and farming their land with ancient techniques that today remain.
If you like adventure and nature, the horseback riding tour around lake atitlan is a definite must! The tour can start either at San Pedro or San Juan La Laguna and with destination to the "Nariz del Indio" or "Rostro Maya" (the mayan face mountain) you will love it!
On reaching the foothills of the Indian Nose or Mayan Face Mountain, climb on foot to enjoy the incredible view offered by this peak, this is a face-shaped mountain facing the sky which is accessed to enjoy the magnificent view of the lake and Mayan ceremonies that are held here making it a sacred place for locals. This route starts at the Cerro de la Cruz where you can see San Juan la Laguna and Lake Atitlan. Normally, the tour lasts approximately five hours in which you can see different landscapes.
If you wish to know more about your personal energy, the elders will discuss the sacred plants that balance your Mayan "nawal" or sign. For lunch you will received in a local family, who will share with you their manners. Afterwards a Maize Tour, Walk through the "milpas" or cornfields to learn about the Mayan cosmovision, and why they consider corn a sacred part of their culture. After your tour, relax and enjoy traditional dishes created with this staple, such as delicious tortillas, chuchitos and traditional drinks prepared for you by local women.
The climate is tropical in San Pedro la Laguna. In winter there is much less rainfall than in summer. According to Köppen and Geiger climate is classified as Aw. The average annual temperature in San Pedro la Laguna is 19.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2135 mm.


The walking tour starts at the Weesperzijde, the old exit road to Utrecht, over land and water. From here, we walk past the main buildings and urban structures on the eastern side of the city which express the development of Amsterdam from the end of the 19th century.
I will show you new types of buildings, typical of the modernization at that time: railway stations, hotels, exhibition and stock exchange buildings, hospitals and more. With the subsequent changes in the city, these buildings were absorbed into a new context and gained new meaning. We will end our walk at the Frederiksplein, the square which came to house the new elite of the city in spacious mansions, situated in green surroundings. This is also the place where the modern age is manifested.
I work for the City of Amsterdam and I am a specialist in Amsterdam architecture. I have published a large number of articles about historical Amsterdam architecture and am an active member of Het Cuypersgenootschap, an organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge about architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries.


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Dieter Speer (ur. 24 lutego 1942 r. w Liegnitz) – niemiecki biathlonista reprezentujący NRD, brązowy medalista olimpijski i trzykrotny medalista mistrzostw świata.

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Pierwszy sukces w karierze osiągnął w 1970 roku, kiedy na mistrzostwach świata w Östersund wspólnie z Hansem-Gertem Jahnem, Hansjörgiem Knauthe i Horstem Koschką zajął trzecie miejsce w sztafecie. Na tej samej imprezie był też czwarty w biegu indywidualnym, przegrywając walkę o medal z Wiktorem Mamatowem z ZSRR.  Na rozgrywanych rok później mistrzostwach świata w Hämeenlinna jako pierwszy Niemiec zdobył złoty medal imprezy tego cyklu, wygrywając rywalizację w biegu indywidualnym. Wyprzedził na podium Aleksandra Tichonowa z ZSRR Magnara Solberga z Norwegii. Ponadto podczas mistrzostw świata w Lake Placid w 1973 roku razem z Manfredem Geyerem, Herbertem Wiegandem i Güntherem Bartnickiem zdobył brązowy medal w sztafecie.

W 1968 roku wystartował na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Grenoble, gdzie był osiemnasty w biegu indywidualnym i szósty w sztafecie. Brał też udział w igrzyskach w Sapporo w 1972 roku w, gdzie reprezentacja NRD w składzie: Hansjörg Knauthe, Joachim Meischner, Dieter Speer i Horst Koschka zdobyła kolejny brązowy medal w sztafecie.

Był mistrzem NRD w biegu indywidualnym w 1970 roku oraz w sztafecie w latach 1968-1970. Po zakończeniu kariery pracował między innymi jako trener.

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Medaliści Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1972
Medaliści zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich w biathlonie
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Bloggin' 'bout Books: "Bloody" Jack Faber + 30 Prissy, Pretentious School Girls = Trouble, Ye Scurvy Dogs!
"Bloody" Jack Faber + 30 Prissy, Pretentious School Girls = Trouble, Ye Scurvy Dogs!
Accused of piracy by the King of England, "Bloody" Jacky Faber's got a hefty price on her head. With plenty of enemies, any of whom would be delighted to see her locked in the Tower, she knows she's not safe on the open waters, even if that's where she feels most comfortable. She needs to lay low until the trouble in her native land blows over. To Boston it is, then.
"'I know, Ezra, that I tend to be a bit impulsive at times, but it all seems so reasonable at the time I do these things and so unreasonable when everyone looks back at what happened and what I did (468).'"
Once again, Jacky's wild and wanton ways bring trouble right to her doorstep. Well, almost. It's while embarking on a school field trip to Boston Harbor that Jacky and her classmates are kidnapped by brutal slavers. The girls are forced into the hold of the Bloodhound, a chain-rattling, rat-infested ship bound for the Barbary Coast, where the sailors intend to sell their cargo to harem-hungry Arabians. Jacky's been in worse scrapes, but never with a pack of prissy, sniveling girls as her only allies. They're more likely to faint than fight. If Jacky can rally them, maybe, just maybe, they can all survive this ordeal. If not, well, Bloody Jack and her mates may just meet their maker a whole lot sooner than later.
If you love Jacky Faber with as much fervor as I do, then you'll find In the Belly of the Bloodhound just as charming and delightful as her previous adventures. L.A. Meyer has created a character who's so vibrant that it's impossible not to love her, no matter what kind of scrape she's gotten herself into this time. Jacky's funny and brave and noble and true—a memorable lass in every way. I love every book in which she stars and this one's no exception. If you're not reading this series, I'm telling you, you're missing out on something special.
I love Jacky too but the next couple books get kind of naughty!


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AsianCineFest
News and reviews, contemplations and considerations of Asian films and filmmakers. With the occasional piece on manga, dance, music, or whatever else Asian that might be of interest. Written by Dr. Stan Glick, a columnist for Asian Cult Cinema magazine.
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU reviewed; screening at Japan Society on December 10, 2022
Japan Society
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Written and directed by Shunji Iwai
With Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Yu Aoi.
Japan, 2001, 146 minutes
35 mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles
When: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 at 7:15 p.m
Where: Japan Society NY
All About Lily Chou Chou began as an interactive novel Iwai wrote and posted on the Internet. The film captures the absurdities of growing up in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture, in which Internet chat rooms, pop-idol worship, and harrowing school bullying are just part of a teenager's daily life. Iwai's poetic, gorgeously shot coming-of-age tale provides a disturbing look at the violence, terror, and isolation that characterized growing up in Japan at the turn of the century.
AsianCineFest Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars; very highly recommended
Be sure you have read and can follow Japan Society's health and safety policies before purchasing tickets to on-site events. Review the Visitor Policies and Safety Protocols here.
Sunday's screening of All About Lily Chou Chou is part of Japan Society's film series Love Letters: Four Films by Shunji Iwai.
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LOVE LETTERS: Four Films by Shunji Iwai at Japan Society starting tomorrow, Friday, December 9th
Japan Society NY
LOVE LETTERS: Four Films by Shunji Iwai
When: December 9-23, 2022
One of the most original talents to emerge from Japan in the '90s, director Shunji Iwai tapped into the dreams and lives of Japan's youth with his lyrical meditations on the hardships of young adulthood, capturing pivotal and unforgettable moments of life. Balancing popular entertainment with arthouse predilection, Iwai's exhilarating takes on the youth film provided a much-needed voice for the younger generation, offering delicate portraits of adolescence, ripe with poetic yearnings of grief, friendship and young love. Iwai's sumptuous visual style coupled with his affecting and underground appeal opened a world of new possibilities in the '90s cinescape—marking him as one of the most accomplished and unique filmmakers of his generation.
Full info about the series can be viewed here.
IN-PERSON SCREENINGS (December 9th and 10th)
Tickets: $15 / 10 members
- Love Letter on Friday, December 9th at 7 pm
- Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? and April Story on Saturday, December 10th at 5 pm
- All About Lily Chou-Chou on Saturday, December 10th at 7:15 pm
Series Pass: Purchase Tickets for all films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket.
ONLINE SCREENINGS (December 9th—23rd)
Rentals: $10
- April Story
Members: 20% off via promo code
Labels: film series, Japan Society, Japanese Cinema, Shunji Iwai
Today is last day for online viewing of music doc FINDING HER BEAT
Finding Her Beat
Directed by Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett
United States, 2022, 89 minutes
Laungauges: English, Japanese
Finding Her Beat is a very special music documentary feature film. Today, Sunday, November 27th is the last day that it will be available for audiences in the U.S. and U.S. territories to watch online as part of DOC NYC's virtual screening experience.
Music is the driving beat of cultural and individualist expression for people of color around the globe – offering sanctuary in times of uncertainty and a sense of family/community, helping those to survive and often thrive. Finding Her Beat was made by a predominantly female/nonbinary, largely Asian-American and LGBTQ filmmaking team and cast, when marginalized gendered and people of color are severely underrepresented in film.
For thousands of years women have been locked out of Taiko drumming. Not any more, since thousands of groups now perform throughout North America and worldwide. In the dead of a Minnesota winter just before the world shut down for a global pandemic, Asian drumming divas from around the world met to perform and smash gender roles and redefine power on their own terms.
Finding Her Beat dives into the rhythms and struggles that lead to an electrifying historic performance that changes everything.
Labels: Japanese music, music, Taiko drumming
CONFLAGRATION reviewed; screening at Japan Society tomorrow
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Conflagration © Kadokawa Corporation.
Conflagration / Enjô
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Starring Raizo Ichikawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjiro Nakamura
Japan, 1958, 99 minutes, 35mm, b/w
When: Monday, November 14, 2015 at 7:00 om
Where: Japan Society
333 East 47th Street, NYC
Synopsis (courtesy Japan Society):
Known as Ichikawa's favorite of his own films, Conflagration is the pinnacle of the many acclaimed literary adaptations he and his wife Natto Wada worked on together. Loosely based on true events that also inspired Yukio Mishima's novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, the story involves the spiritual and psychological breakdown of an introverted, troubled youth named Goichi (Raizo Ichikawa), whose desire for pure beauty leads him to Kyoto's Shukaku temple, where he becomes an apprentice to the priest.
Haunted by the trauma of his father's death, Goichi is unable to reconcile the sacred beauty of the temple with postwar reality, and his absolutist ideals become increasingly distorted until they lead to destruction. Ichikawa's stark, poignant film is unforgettably rendered in stunning black and white by cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and numerous other highly regarded films).
It's not difficult to understand why Ichikawa was so pleased with this film, as it's a superb piece of story-telling. And, as previously mentioned, Miyagawa's cinematography is outstanding.
Raizo Ichikawa, perhaps best known to Westerners for his portrayal of Nemuri Kyoshiro in the Sleepy Eyes of Death swordplay series, gives a superb performance as Goichi. So too does Tatsuya Nakadai as Togari, Goichi's lame and dissolute fellow student. It's a revelation seeing the two of them so early in their careers.
AsianCineFest Rating: 4 out of 4 stars, most highly recommended. In other words, it's a "must-see" if at all possible.
This screening of Conflagration is presented as part of the film series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond. The films in the series were selected and are co-presented by the Japan Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Conflagration is In collaboration with the National Film Archive of Japan
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Labels: Japan Society, Japanese Cinema, Japanese film, Kon Ichikawa
DREAMING OF THE MERIDIAN ARC reviewed; will screen at Japan Society tomorrow at 1:00 pm
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
Directed by Kenji Nakanishi
With Kiichi Nakai, Keiko Kitagawa, and Kenichi Matsuyama.
DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles
When: November 12, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Kenichi Matsuyama's contemporary/historical comedy/drama will be shown tomorrow afternoon at Japan Society NY as part of The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond.
Synopsis (courtesy of Japan Society):
A locally funded TV dramatization of cartographer Tadataka Ino, the first person to map Japan in 1821, runs into trouble when it's discovered mid-production that Ino died three years prior to the completion of his map. Weaving between modern day and Edo-era Japan, Dreaming of the Meridian Arc reveals the surprising story of Tadataka's disciples who hid news of their beloved master's death and risked their lives to clandestinely complete the map in his honor. Adapted for the screen by Yoshiko Morishita (Flower and Sword) from Shinosuke Tatekawa's rakugo story, Dreaming of the Meridian Arc offers a humorous and entertaining account of the exploits that led to the completion of Ino's revolutionary map.
Considering that it has what I would term one of the lesser time slots in the series' schedule, I was more than pleasantly surprised to find that this film -- although not a masterpiece -- is nonetheless eminently enjoyable. The movie's conceit, if you will, is its use of the same actors playing characters in the two contemporary sections of the film which bookend the central bloc in which they play historical counterparts to their modern day characters. On the other hand, perhaps the "historical" mid-section can most appropriately be considered the speculative musings of the main character Yasuharu Ikemoto, played by Kiichi Nakai. His subtle double takes when he recognizes a resemblance between present day characters and those in the historical drama are deftly done. Both he and the entire supporting class put in super fine performances and the dialogue and characterizations merit well-deserved credit to screenwriter Yoshiko Morishits, who adapted Shinosuke Tatekawa's rakugo story.
AsianCineFest Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars; very good; a highly entertaining and enjoyable film.
Explore the complete series lineup and buy tickets here. All films were selected by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society and will screen in person at Japan Society.
Labels: film series, JAPAN CUTS, Japan Society, Japanese Cinema
Dr. Stan Glick
I became seriously interested in Asian films in the mid-90s after reading SEX AND ZEN & A BULLET IN THE HEAD My first Asian film review, on TOKYO BLUE CASE 1, starring the delectable Keiko Shiratori, appeared in ASIAN CULT CINEMA magazine in 2000. I became a columnist about a year later, a position that I held until ASIAN CULT CINEMA ceased publication at the end of 2009. Meanwhile, I began my own blog, AsianCineFest, at the end of June 2006. Living in New York, I have covered many of the festivals and film series there over the years, and have also interviewed several Asian film directors, actors, and actresses, including Lee Chang-dong, Tsui Hark, Joe Shishido, and Sora Aoi. In 2011, I became associated with the VCinema Podcast and Blog when I contributed articles about and helped coordinate coverage of that year's New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film. I've been a co-host of the VCinema Podcast starting with Episode 35: Exte. Email: asiancinefest@gmail.com
Film Festivals & Series
Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy - Japan Society, NY Feb. 15 & 22, 2020
Aim for the Best: Sports in Japanese Cinema, April 10-25, 2020
My Favorite NY Places
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Korean Cultural Center NY
The Korea Society NY
Asia Shock by Patrick Galloway
Asian Cult Cinema
CineAwesome!
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Sounds like Telltale's not making more Wolf Among Us or Borderlands any time soon
UPDATE: Telltale talks on each game's cliffhanger endings.
News by	Tom Phillips, News Editor
UPDATE 4.30pm: We asked Telltale Games what might happen to the cliffhangers for both The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands, and the developer has now replied.
Telltale pointed us to a recent AMA from the studio on The Walking Dead's subreddit, where it fielded questions on its other series. Tl;dr - Wolf Among Us' cliffhanger will not be explained as it was left for fans to speculate on, while Borderlands is now back in the hands of Gearbox to choose whether the stories of Tales' characters are continued.
First up, The Wolf Among Us:
"We have been asked over and over again for some insight into the mystery at the end of the finale for TWAU. Something I've always wanted to admit is that while we do have a clear answer to who was who at the end of that story... we had also agreed to keep it a mystery for the fans to ponder on their own," Telltale's Job Stauffer wrote. "Definitely fun to see all of the theories pour out, and exciting to pay off our neon-noir story with a femme fatale twist.
"Should we ever continue in the world of Fables and The Wolf Among Us... it is generally agreed upon here that we wouldn't continue that storyline directly, and would leave things an open mystery that's better left unanswered...."
Now, Tales from the Borderlands:
"While there are currently no plans for us to continue the story on the Telltale side, we do know that our friends at Gearbox and 2K are hard at work on what's next for the Borderlands universe. We know that also means if anything happens Rhys, Fiona and the gang... the ball is in their court to see whether they will or will not be explored again in any possible future entry into that universe. We're big fans of Borderlands as well, obviously, so here's hoping Tales isn't the last we'll ever see of those characters!"
And there you have it - some form of closure, at least.
ORIGINAL STORY 3.30pm: It doesn't sound like there will be another season of Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands or The Wolf Among Us any time soon.
Writing on Twitter last night, Telltale's head of communications Job Stauffer addressed the fate of each fan-favourite game after rumours swirled ahead of the developer's Comic-Con appearance.
Yesterday, a VG247 report suggested a new The Wolf Among Us season would be announced this week at San Diego Comic-Con.
TellTale had teased an update during the event, and this tease was then retweeted by the voice actor behind The Wolf Among Us' Bigby Wolf.
The trouble is Adam Harrington, Bigby Wolf's voice actor, is also Kroger in Tales from the Borderlands, TorqueDawg in Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode and Groot in Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy. He voiced three roles in Telltale's The Walking Dead and even LeChuck in Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island.
In short, he's a Telltale regular - a fact Stauffer addressed last night.
"I worry about people getting their hopes up in the wrong direction," Stauffer wrote on Twitter. "Adam also voices Groot in our GotG. ;)"
It sounds like Telltale's San Diego announce is Guardians-related, then.
"We'd KILL to step back into that world [of The Wolf Among Us] some day and we know our fans would too," Stauffer continued. "Your voices and your passion will never go unheard here at TTG."
The lack of a second season of The Wolf Among Us is a shame - the first season was moody, well-written and suspenseful - but after three years and many other projects, another run would always have been unlikely.
The Wolf Among Us' conclusion hinted there was more to come - but this is not unusual in a Telltale game.
Tales from the Borderlands also teased a continuation, via a finale cliffhanger.
"As we've said before, we LOVE that project with all of our hearts," Stauffer stated regardling Borderlands. "But the next entry in the Borderlands story will be from Gearbox Software".
Gearbox is known to be working on Borderlands 3 right now, although it is still a way off. The game remains a mystery, without a formal announcement, final name or release date.
In other words, Telltale won't be revisiting Borderlands for quite some time.
Telltale's current release schedule is made up of its ongoing Guardians of the Galaxy and Minecraft series. Further ahead, it has another Game of Thrones season on the way, as well as its long-in-development new IP. A busy slate, then, without much room for other older, returning projects.
We've contacted Telltale to ask if either Borderlands or Wolf Among Us might wrap up their story cliffhangers in another way.
Games in this article
Tales from the Borderlands Review
The Wolf Among Us: Season One
Tom is Eurogamer's news editor. He writes lots of news, some of the puns and all the stealth Destiny articles.


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For some of us the conference began the day before Archbishop Hart's opening address on Saturday morning, 16 March, at the State Library of Victoria. On the Friday afternoon we had been at Newman College for the launching of James Griffin's new biography, Daniel Mannix: Beyond the myths, by Barry Jones AO. In a short address of only 24 minutes, he worried away at the mystery of Dr Mannix's isolation. Here was a man who cut his own hair, who could not bear to be touched. Yet he was such a challenging figure that as a boy Barry Jones had gone into town to look upon the enigma as he rode in the St Patrick's Day parade (much to the chagrin of the boy's relatives). Paul Ormonde, who had completed the book after James Griffin's death, gave a possible answer to the riddle. Quoting Vincent Buckley, he said Dr Mannix was 'alternative royalty'. After that, the ambience for the conference was set by Helga Griffin, who reminded us of her husband's watchword, 'Of the dead speak only the truth'.
So we gathered, one hundred or more of us, the next morning at the State Library to try to construct a portrait of Dr Mannix. There were several layers to this work, the first and most fundamental being his Irishry. Professor Dermot Keogh told us that when the old man died, in 1963, President Eamon de Valera had praised his long service to Ireland, saying that for over 50 years he had been 'for this nation … a stronghold, a redoubt that was never surrendered or taken'. Keogh then explored the meaning of this. First there was the arrest of the archbishop by the British Navy, in 1920, when his speeches gave international publicity to the Irish situation. Mannix was prominent in the obsequies for Terence MacSwiney, dead after his long hunger strike. And he went on a lecture tour in North Britain. He was 'a master of the sound bite, witty, acerbic and droll' and by not landing in Ireland he had mobilised and radicalised Irish people everywhere. Taking a walk in Hyde Park, London, he was followed by hundreds who were curious to see what he looked like. Then, Rome. Afterwards, the Pope was even-handed in comments on Ireland, which annoyed the British government. When Mannix's mother died, the archbishop couldn't be at the funeral; significantly, de Valera was there. In 1925, on his return to Ireland, Mannix was met with mass enthusiasms: he was loaded with the freedom of cities; villages lit tar barrels to light his way; his portrait and candles were put in cottage windows. 'A revivalist preacher for Sinn Fein', this very political bishop had become the people's champion.
Mannix's radicalism grew from his experience as parish priest of West Melbourne, May 1913 to May 1917. Dr Val Noone's research on those years revealed Mannix as close to his people, sharing their hopes as well as their struggle. This first experience of Australian street life stayed with him throughout his long episcopate. Noone's paper affords a new perspective to any future portrait of the archbishop.
When he became a bishop, in 1912, Mannix had taken as a motto for his coat of arms, Omnia Omnibus, the motto of Cardinal Moran of Sydney, who died in 1911. He did not accept, he said in his first speech in Australia, the theory that bishops should retire into the sacristy and keep their thoughts to themselves. He meant to speak out, his episcopal role model being Croke of Cashel. So Patrick Morgan told us that he became a tribal leader, devising counter strategies against opponents, and something of an aristocrat, like a prince bishop in old Europe.
He paid for this, as Professor Elizabeth Malcolm's sparkling presentation of contemporary cartoons showed. These depicted him as an Oirish hobbledehoy, someone cut down to size and dismissed with a sneer. Instead, the cartoons endeared the archbishop to his people, who shared society's obloquy with him.
She left the loafers where they were and came out to Australia.
Then Australia Day was established, in 1911; for which O'Reilly wrote a hymn: 'God bless our lovely morning land, Australia.' Two points of view, two camps – such was the tense society that Mannix entered in 1912.
The tension blew up with the conscription referenda of 1916 and 1917. Readers of Dr Michael McKernan's, Australian Churches at War, may remember that the experience of World War I had shaken many soldiers' faith in their churches. Following the referenda, however, sectarian answers to the great identity question (what does it mean to be an Australian?) solidified attachment to one's religious community. There was therefore, McKernan told the conference, no sharp retreat from organised religion in the sectarian interwar years.
Something of the mindset of those years was revealed in a presentation by David Schutz of letters between Mannix and the Anglican Archbishop F W Head. At issue was the public face of Catholicism, as in the Eucharistic Congress of 1934 or the annual Eucharistic festivals at Sunbury, which required special trains to carry the crowds. Archbishop Head could not understand why Mannix was not in favour of the British Protestant Sunday, 'a Sunday as we have known it in England and Scotland and Ireland'. Val Noone called this paper 'crucial social history'. It highlighted Mannix as a pioneer of today's pluralist society.
Professor Gabrielle McMullen also focused on Mannix's insistence that Australia should not penalise Catholics for being Catholics. She explored his projects for encouraging Catholics to participate in higher education – hence the development of Newman and St Mary's Colleges within the University of Melbourne and, at the end of his life, of Mannix College at Monash.
And so the conference wore down to its close. There were two final episodes worth recording here. The first is a story about Mannix's coeval, Sir James Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane. When Mannix died, Fr Owen Oxenham took the news into his archbishop.
Non-drinker and smoker … pray for us.
Charismatic figure …. pray for us.
Layer of foundation stones … pray for us.
Encourager of the laymen … pray for us.
Provided he knew his place .. pray for us.
… pray for us … pray for us … pray for us.
Emeritus Professor of History at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.