Nanbenda

Just finished watching A Stranger of Mine (2005), japanese movie, directed by Kenji Uchida (his first feature film, way to go!). Amazing stuff. Must be one of the best or atleast one of the simplest non-linearly told movie. I am pretty big on non-linear movies, some of favorites fall in this category. This is right up there, as Indian cricketers would say!
Camerawork and music are pretty awesome and plot is as non-fussy as it can get, story is about a salaryman, a friend of his who is a detective, 2 girls and a yakuza boss with some underlings! Ingredients sound great and I can attest that the dish is awesome as well (just had a big dinner at Crimson Chakra, hence the culinary allusions, sumimasen)!
Others movies that I watched in recent past are Boss Engira Bhaskaran, a Tamil Movie, comedy and pretty nice, one of the better Indian films! Great acting by Santhanam. And then recently watched Go, which is Japanese. Awesome start, super great chicken race nandayo! It is about Zainichi koreans in Japan, with a love story thrown into the mix, pretty good, though the variation in pace between the first and second half is quite great and is somewhat disconcerting!

O hisashiburi

Its been a while. Maybe I was busy, though I find it hard to believe. I didn't watch many movies in between though. Lets see, a couple of documentaries, notable ones being The Corporation and Kintaro Walks Japan. Movies that I can remember watching are Citizen Dog, which was a fun ride, some beautiful sequences, like the grandmother lizard one. Music was pretty as well. Also, The Hidden Blade. Same director as the more famous Twilight Samurai. IMDb informed me that the lead actor here was the japanese lead in Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. Really! Times have changed then I guess.
FAQ-
1- Why only Japanese movies?
A- Not only japanese but korean, chinese (mainland, hong kong, taiwanese), thai, vietnamese, etc
2- OK why only asian?
A- They are making the best movies these days.
3- So no european etc?
A- Shiranai.
4- How to find movies?
A- Very similar to finding research references. Use IMDb (like Mathscinet) judiciously. Blogs, friends, and recently youtube. Check out Backpacking Nepal's channel in youtube.
5- The blog is named Math, Movies, etc. Where is the math?
A- Please Don't be impatient. It will come. For starters, check out the oft mentioned math blogs like Terry Tao's blog and Tim Gowers's blog.
Maybe some more FAQ next time!