Wrote about new films by Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Zhang Lü that screened in competition at TIFF this year 🍳🍃

All of a sudden, sweater weather

Wrote about inaka idyll and dread and the queer longings of this summer’s vibiest show @mokmok-len.bsky.social 🎆⛩️🍧

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hopescrolling

Managed to convert Threads into a cozy stream of moody interiors, slice-of-life illustrations, and urban photography. Still not sure what’s going on with Bluesky 🙃

Last week at Museo Sa Bassa Blanca on Mallorca, an extraordinary estate and immersive experience of one couple’s decades-long art collection journey

Robert Jefferson, also known as The Kamakura Gardener, offers soothing missives via YouTube about gardening, cooking and slow living.

Humid evening jog to Kylie Minogue, with choco mint ice cream nightcap

Interesting characterization of games as a kind of "novelistic genre", by Espen Aarseth (www.researchgate.net/publication/...). The notion of de-spatialization is particularly helpful in thinking through what's happening when players recount stories of their play sessions

春うらら 🌸🌞🌱

Fumbled my way to the used books algorithm of Mercari and need to exercise restraint

A 23-year-old entertainer is redefining the Japanese comedic storytelling tradition for Gen Z by introducing elements of techno and underground youth culture.

THE BREAKING ICE 《燃冬》 dir. Anthony Chen Echoes of Bertolucci and Truffaut, with the dread and powerlessness of Hu Bo 🧊 那天是个多云的夜晚 她吻了我便飞上了天

This week

A visual guide to spring flowers in East Asia. Clockwise from top right, in Japanese. I added English + Korean and Chinese Mandarin readings below 梅 plum (ume/maehwa/mei) 杏 apricot (anzu/salgu/xing) 李 plum (sumomo/jadu/li) 桃 peach (momo/boksung-a/tao) 櫻 cherry (sakura/beotkkeot/ying) 🎨 mojacookie

Pleased to share my story on the creators and audiences of Taiwanese manhua, and the global ecosystem they inhabit. Big thanks to April Chang, @michellekuo.bsky.social, and TAICCA for their time and support ✍️🖌️💥🌏📚

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”

The quiet horror of author and YouTuber "Uketsu" has thrilled millions of readers, but the man behind the smash-hit publishing phenomenon is still a mystery.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top 🥢🔥💄 Best supporting actors: Laura Dern's hair, Nicolas Cage's snakeskin jacket

Been in this world almost forty years and I still haven’t figured out what waterproof shoes are, apparently 🙃

That crisp winter light in Tokyo

L.A. so far

"Where Masquerade excels is the way it evokes a lived-in version of New York—Brooklyn in particular—even as it takes its protagonist to increasingly surreal places." @tobiascarroll.bsky.social on 🌔🥀Masquerade by @wheatfu.bsky.social for @reactorsff.bsky.social ! reactormag.com/book-review-...

Saturday!✨ Join @wheatfu.bsky.social author of Masquerade @sunnysbookshop.bsky.social ! In convo w/ Tomas Moniz & @gkhudson.bsky.social ✨More details: www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-fu-pr...

Flew JAL’s A350 to New York for the first time. Winter skies definitely feel a bit more settled than warmer temps

Strangely hot November day, but everyone’s still in puffer jackets. Saw a man on the street with magenta mutton chops

She's live! @thestranger.com.web.brid.gy @wheatfu.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social www.thestranger.com/books/2024/1...

Book that changed your life? The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. The perfect read for a brutal New York winter in my mid-20s, when I was mustering up the wherewithal to get serious about writing. Masquerade author @wheatfu.bsky.social @ Shelf Awareness!🌔🥀 www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

"All My Life" by K-Ci and JoJo is one of those songs that really punctures the space-time continuum. Is this my middle school dance circa 1998, or a late-night grocery run in Tokyo? Could just as easily be at a gas station in Europe or a godforsaken CVS in suburbia

Sunday in Tokyo