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Blood from a skull: cover art for The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Volume II.

Pulp Fiction, Tamil-Style!

South India's wild and wonderful potboilers are finally becoming available in English. more
Tatsuya Nakadai in Age of Assassins (1967). (Toho Co., Ltd.)

Film Series: Japanese Cinema 1960s

This five-film series includes acknowledged masters like Oshima and Naruse alongside genre classics. more
The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema by Ravi Vasudevan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Bollywood Melodrama, Explained

A scholar's new book examines Hindi cinema from multiple perspectives. more
Fans tie a sweet lemon garland onto a cut out of Tamil film actor Rajinikanth on the release of his latest film, Endhiran (Robot), in Chennai on October 1, 2010. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

The World's Biggest Movie Star is a Man You Don't Know...Yet

Meet Rajnikanth, the toughest man in Tamil Nadu. more
Pakistani female students enjoy the performance of the band Overload during a concert in Kinnaird women's college in Lahore on Feb. 6, 2010. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)

The Musical History of Pakistan

A fan's tour through seven decades of musical tradition... with video. more
Highlights from Shonen Knife's concert at Asia Society New York on Sept. 25, 2010. (2 min., 35 sec.)(Photo: La Frances Hui/Asia Society)

Punk, Banana Chips, and Giant Mice: Shonen Knife!

Japan's legendary pop-punk trio rocked out at the Asia Society. more
Miwako Tezuka, co-curator of Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool, discusses a turning point in the artist's reception in his native Japan. (1 min., 41 sec.)

The Nara Phenomenon

Miwako Tezuka, co-curator of the exhibition "Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool," explores the artist's world, in particular his connection to young people. more