Aki Kaurismaki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismaki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusc[...]

Desperate to make his dreams come true, a young man named Heinz appeals to the heavens for divine intervention. But he wasn't expecting a beautiful ginger-haired boy to appear before him in the midst of his prayer...Apollo, the god of the sun, brings Heinz to a realm beyond reality - an endless fiel[...]

With idiosyncratic, influential, and award-winning films such as Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, The Match-Factory Girl, Drifting Clouds and Man Without a Past, Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's cinema has enjoyed critical success and international popularity. Showing the richness of alternati[...]

Defining things through binary opposition-male/female, familiar/foreign, life/death - forms the base of human thinking. Adding moral assessment to logic, we often represent binaries even as divisions into good and evil. Exclusions based on the division of Us vs. Them make their presence felt during [...]

Biwa was a fledgling screenwriter working at an American TV drama production company. Now, he's been named to a drama production team! But, before the team's first meeting, Biwa, distracted, slams into a man he doesn't know, who glares at him. It's Japan's top actor, Yamato Toyohira, the star of the[...]

Yusuke Himukai, now on the run as a cop-killer, leaves a trail of dead enemies behind in his relentless search for his lover. As his former partner Kishi scrambles to find and stop him. Meanwhile at secluded mountain temple, a showdown is coming between Kikuri and a vampire priest.[...]

Footwear design has become the new dream career, and this book is the first guide to show the key skills and tips behind the trade, for both budding designers and anyone interested in shoes. Since Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik became household names, footwear design is now one of the most l[...]

I den här fullmatade och underhållande fackboken blir Aki Kaurismäki intervjuad av filmvetaren Peter von Bagh om sina filmer, från debuten 1983 med "Brott och straff", via filmer som "Skuggor i paradiset", "Flickan från tändsticksfabriken", "Moln på drift", "Mannen utan minne" till den senast[...]

Rans magiska värld är den charmiga berättelsen om den tioåriga flickan Ran Uruma som bor tillsammans med sin pappa och storebror. Men de är ingen vanlig familj; de har alla magiska krafter. Ran kan fortfarande inte trolla ordentligt men hon har ett par magiska skor som förvandlar henne till vu[...]

Rans magiska värld är den charmiga berättelsen om den tioåriga flickan Ran Uruma och hennes familj. Men de är ingen vanlig familj; de har alla magiska krafter. Ran kan fortfarande inte trolla ordentligt men hon har ett par magiska skor som förvandlar henne till vuxen. Följ Ran och familjen Ur[...]