Entertainment "Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game" Ellsworth Toohey
Japanese cinema Free online event: a conversation with "We Are Little Zombies" director Makoto Nagahisa Mark Frauenfelder
education Field trip to Willis Wonderland included in UCLA's summer kitsch & camp course Rusty Blazenhoff
Comics Marvel Comics sparks outrage with latest high-profile character death in Amazing Spider-Man Thom Dunn
music Far-out Japanese laserdisc of 1980s space fantasy artwork with astro-jazz funk/ambient soundtrack (video) David Pescovitz
Boing Boing Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop
Japan A fun thing to do in LA on 9/22/19: screening of The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle