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The Japanese film industry formed a strange landscape in the sixties, with often highly-constrained studio filmmakers churning out pulpish B-movies, flanked by an independent scene that grew out from the Japanese New Wave, and highly experimental narrative films from directors better known as visual artists.

Japanese society was evolving at a rapid rate following the fall of the Empire and greater cultural communication with the west. But if London was swinging and the hippies were challenging conventional morality in the States, cultural taboos were tougher to shake in Japan.

Cinema audiences could, however, live out their frustrations vicariously at the...

The (first world) problem with being in the midst of television's golden age is that it's virtually impossible to keep up with all the 'must-see' new TV shows vying for our attention. Whether they were tucked away in the schedules, appeared lower down your EPG or suffered from a lack of promo, here's a look at ten small-screen gems that may have slipped under your radar in 2015. 1. The Goldbergs An 80s-based comedic take on The Wonder Years, the wonderfully retro The Goldbergs boasts a trio of likeable kids, scripts which manage to be heartwarming without descending into schmaltz,...

The 1990s: Memories of acid-washed, high-waisted jeans from Express, asymmetrical hair cuts, mood rings, and Cross Colors; films like John Singleton's 'Boyz N the Hood', Spike Lee's 'Malcolm X,' and Madonna's raucous documentary, 'Truth or Dare;' TV shows like 'A Different World,' which inspired so many of us to pursue undergraduate studies at HBCUs (whether we ultimately did or not), and 'In Living Color,' which served as an urban answer to NBC's 'SNL' and launched the careers of some of our favorite comedians and movie stars; and a political arena that brought both George H.W. Bush's Operation Desert Storm and...