My first piece for Wallpaper* recaps Bong Joon Ho’s career - with insights and anecdotes from the director’s sold-out ‘In Conversation’ event at BFI last month. Mickey 17 opens in UK cinemas tomorrow! wallpaper.com/art/film/bong-…

Just thinking back on how wonderful it was to hear stories from six Rare Ltd. (& Playtonic - YOOKA-REPLAYLEE DEMO OUT NOW) developers for this oral history of the N64 classic Banjo-Kazooie in 2021. What a fun & nostalgic project this was! inverse.com/gaming/banjo-k… Grant Kirkhope Steve Mayles Inverse

Went down a fascinating rabbit hole last yr after watching Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and ended up interviewing "the Meryl Streep of porn" for VICE. The subject: a 1995 cyberpunk porno movie once ranked the 3rd greatest adult video of all time. vice.com/en/article/lat…

To mark its long-overdue home media release, I caught up with director Shozin Fukui to discuss the wild production of 1991 cyberpunk fairytale cult classic '964 Pinocchio'. Read the article via Dazed: dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl… TVBARけむり/福居ショウジン @88_films

I’ve nabbed the cover of the Sunday The Telegraph’s Arts & Books section today, with an article marking 30 years of the Tokyo sarin attack as a new, Sundance-approved documentary hits US theatres (and streaming platforms in a few weeks): telegraph.co.uk/films/0/the-ch…

Ahead of the launch of BFI’s new season on New Taiwan Cinema, I caught up with programmer Hyun Jin Cho and directors Chen Kun-hou and Huang Yu-shan to unpack some of the sumptuous highlights for Dazed dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

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Cave paintings will tell you that Polynesians invented surfing over 1,000 years ago - but a new exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall explores the lore, craft, and culture that has underpinned a distinctly British surf heritage in the past century. My latest for VICE: vice.com/en/article/sur…

Very proud to share some new work this month via a pair of video essays included on the @thirdwindowfilms and 김상훈 releases of ‘Tokyo Pop’ and ‘V-Cinema Essentials’. Great films, great releases - out in May!

I’ve got a big feature in the new Crack Magazine exploring how Japan’s ‘80s ambient & environmental music has found new relevance in a present-day - world descending into unchecked chaos. Interviews w/ icons Inoyamaland, 小久保隆 & Yumiko Morioka! Métron Records Tonal Union (@tonalunion.bsky.social)

Label founder Adam Heron was recently interviewed in Crack Magazine as part of a spotlight on Kankyō Ongaku featuring @passepartoutduo and Inoyama Land and their sold out performances at @cafeotodalston Words and interview by James Balmont Read in full in the May issue

Really proud to have profiled the prodigiously talented Mark William Lewis for The Face this month, following his unlikely signing to A24’s new music arm, A24 Music. File in the sweet spot between Durutti Column, Arthur Russell and Talk Talk. theface.com/music/mark-wil…