Linda C. Ehrlich is an independent scholar who has published extensively about world cinema and about traditional theatre.

Her books include: Cinematic Reveries (2013), The Cinema of Víctor Erice: An Open Window (2007), and the co-edited Cinematic Landscapes: Observations on the Visual Arts and Cinemas of China and Japan (reprint 2008). Her commentaries appear on the Criterion DVD of The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena, dir. Víctor Erice) and the Milestone Film and Video 25th-anniversary DVD/blu-ray of Maborosi (dir. Kore-eda Hirokau). In addition, she is an award-winning poet.

Dr. Ehrlich has taught at Duke University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, and on two Semester-at-Sea voyages. She has lived in Japan for more than five years, and has interviewed the director twice.

1. Introductory thoughts.- 2. EARTH/ THE DOCUMENTARY IMPULSE. Mo hitotsu no kyoku: Ina shogakko haru gumi no kiroku/Lessons from a Calf, 1991.- 3. WATER - Maboroshi no hikari/Maborosi, 1995.- 4. Aruite mo aruite mo/Still Walking, 2008.- 5. Umi yori mada fukaku/After the Storm, 2016.- 6. LIMINALITY - Wandafuru raifu/ After Life, 1998.- 7. Daremo shiranai/Nobody Knows, 2004 .- 8. FIRE - Distance, 2001.- 9. Sandome no satsujin/The Third Murder, 2017.- 10.AIR - Kuki ningyo/Air Doll, 2009 .- 11. Kiseki/I Wish, 2011.- 12. Soshite chichi ni naru/Like Father Like Son, 2013.- 13. Umimachi diari/ Our Little Sister, 2015.- 14. METAL - Hana yori mo nao/Hana, 2006.- 15. AN ELEMENTAL CINEMA RE-EXAMINED - Manbiki Kazoku/Shoplifters, 2018.- 16. ENDINGS.- 17. Final Thoughts.- 18. Filmography.