It’s a Summer Film! wraps time travel in a film-lover’s blanket (Film Review)
It’s a Summer Film! (Summer Film Ninotte) Review by David Cirone Fed up with her school film club’s sappy romance project, a scrappy high schoContinue reading…
It’s a Summer Film! (Summer Film Ninotte) Review by David Cirone Fed up with her school film club’s sappy romance project, a scrappy high schoContinue reading…
Drive My Car, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, has become the first Japanese film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Adapted fContinue reading…
Sumodo – The Successors of Samurai Review by David Cirone Sumodo – The Successors of Samurai is a wonderfully engaging documentary about the wContinue reading…
Masked Ward (Kamen Byoto) Review by David Cirone Masked Ward is a thriller following young doctor Shugo Hayami (Kentaro Sakaguchi) as he navigContinue reading…
Aristocrats (Ano Ko wa Kizoku) Review by David Cirone Aristocrats begins with vivid images of the bright, beautiful streets of Tokyo on New YeContinue reading…
In A Girl Missing — the latest dramatic film from director Koji Fukada — a well-intentioned home nurse becomes the victim of lies and media scruContinue reading…
Film director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider) talks about the practical elements of shooting film in Japan in a video interview presented by JapaContinue reading…
The best-selling Image Comics series Stray Dogs features an homage to Takashi Miike’s film Audition in the newly-released 4th printing of issue #4Continue reading…
Alice in Borderland – Season 1 Review by David Cirone Based on the manga series by Haro Aso, Alice in Borderland is a fun but frustrating addiContinue reading…
Alamo Drafthouse has curated a selection of top indie films now available for streaming via their Alamo on Demand online platform. While you’re waContinue reading…