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Ain’t no mountain high enough: An interview with Lu Chuan

Thursday, September 21st, 2006
A young director with high aspirations, we talk to Lu Chuan exclusively about his second film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, set in the Tibetan Plateau… (more…)

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Journey to the East: an interview with Mark Duffield

Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Mark Duffield, director of Ghost Of Mae Nak, talks to easternKicks about how he came to be a British director on a Thai produced horror film, and what inspired him to make it… (more…)

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Learning to see again: an interview with Tsai Ming-liang

Sunday, November 25th, 2007
easternKicks talks Tsai Ming-liang about the retrospective of his work at the BFI Southbank, London and the release of his two most recent films around the UK… (more…)

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Lust, Caution: a preview and Q & A with Ang Lee

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

A special preview of Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, followed by a conversation with the director himself… (more…)

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Whispers on the wind: an exclusive interview with Jun Ichikawa

Monday, April 24th, 2006
Jun Ichikawa speaks exclusively to easternKicks about directing Tony Takitani, and just how he managed to get permission from the story’s author, Haruki Murakami, to make the film in the first place… (more…)

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