I’ve contributed booklet essays, video essays, and audio commentaries to Blu-ray labels. My research focuses on pinku eiga (pink film), and extends to Japanese cinema, queer themes, and erotica. I co-host the podcast dedicated to pink film, Two in the Pinku (Spreaker / Instagram), part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions podcast network. I write regularly on Letterboxd.
Self-portrait holding the Looking for an Angel blu-ray
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
2026
Scars of the Sun, video essay, Third Window Films
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, video essay, Cinématographe / Vinegar Syndrome
Macabre, book essay, Vinegar Syndrome
Blonde Animal, video essay, Klubb Super 8
Looking for an Angel, audio commentary, Kani
Angel's Body Temperature, selected scenes commentary, Kani
Desire: First Sex Experience, video essay, Klubb Super 8
Kyrie Eleison, booklet essay, Vinegar Syndrome & Melusine
2025
Sex and Fury, audio commentary, Klubb Super 8
Tokyo Emmanuelle, booklet essay, 88 Films
WRITINGS
2026
Mania: House of Cards (1986) by Yojiro Takita, Asian Movie Pulse
Gender: The Final Frontier — Banmei Takahashi’s Seraphim Night, In Review Online
There’s Something About Mary Aoi: Nikkatsu’s Sekkan Trilogy, Asian Cinema Shine
2023
The Body by Design: LGBTQ+ Chicanx Art, Hyperallergic
One-on-One With Cyclona, Hyperallergic
The Founding Mother of Southern California’s Chicano Drag Scene, Hyperallergic
PODCAST GUEST APPEARANCES
2026
Red Account 2: Dirty Play in a Closed Room…, Dead Formats
2025
Earn Your Money, Koichi (Kan Mukai’s The Bite), The Sin Syndicate
Re-Connected, Disc-Connected
Groper Sucking Train, Dead Formats
Ep. 46 - Discussion on Pink Films, Split Your Head
2024
Ep. 26 - Discussion on Naomi Tani/Pink Films, Split Your Head
SCREENINGS
2026 Kyrie Eleison, Davis Theater (Video Intro)
2025 Shinjuku Midnight Story: Man and Woman, Circa Queer Histories Festival / WHAMMY! Analog Media
For inquiries: dakota.noot@gmail.com