The first film journal devoted to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole provides a forum in which Asian and Western cinemas can be introduced to and appreciated by a world-wide audience.

Contents:

Notes on the Filipino Action Film

by Agustin L. Sotto

Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Films: Cinema and the Exotic

by Paul Clark

The Position of Women in New Chinese Cinema

by Tony Rayns

Zen and the Art of Documentary: The Film Career of Ogawa Shinsuke

by David Desser

Self and Modernization in Malayalam Cinema

by Wimal Dissanayake

The Books Behind the Film: Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet

by Paul Sharrad

The Photographic Image and the Transformation of Thought

by Frank Tillman

Matsuyama and Takamine on Film